420 CATALOGUE OF 



Entom. Mag. II. p. 383 (1834) ; id. Hist, of Ins. 2nd edit. 



p. 212 (1841). 

 Bombycini, Boisduval, Ind. Meth. p. 69 (1840). 

 Bohbycttes, Blanchard, Hist. Nat. des Ins. II. p. 362 (1845). 

 Lasiocampidj; et Bombyctd2e, Duponcliel, Catal. Meth. Eur. Lep. 



pp. 71, 74 (1846). 

 Lasiocampidi et Bombycidi, Stephens, Catal. Brit. Lep. Brit. Mus. 



pp. 45, 48 (1850). 

 BoMBYCiDiE, Stainton, Manual Brit. Lep. pp. 107, 150 (1856). 

 Bombycina, Herr. Schaffer, Lep. Exot. Spec. Nov. p. 60 (1858). 



Genus TEISULA, Moore. 



Antennae rather long, minutely bipectinated to about two-thirds of 



its length. 

 Palpi short, thick, densely clothed with short hairs ; third joint very j 



minute. 

 Legs with the femur and tibia densely clothed with hairs. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen large, broad. 

 . Fore-wings elongate-trigonate ; anterior margin straight to near the 



apex ; apical angle rather acute ; exterior margin scalloped ; 



posterior margin nearly straight. 

 Hind-toings rounded ; exterior margin scalloped. 



954. TRISULA VARIEGATA, Moore {Plate XIIa,fig. 1). 



Trisula variegata. — Eore-ioing grey, variegated with suffused 

 patches of ferruginous and black ; some irregular transverse black 

 lines ; black band obliquely across the apex : hind-wing pale ferru- 

 ginous-grey, with a large black discal spot, a submarginal curved 

 black band, the inner space to exterior margin suffused with black ; 

 cilise pale ferruginous ; antennae and palpi ferruginous-brown ; lower 

 part of head black ; top of head and front of thorax grey, passing 

 to deep ferruginous on the thorax and abdomen, the lower part of 

 which is grey ; legs greyish, with blackish bands ; under-side paler, 

 each wing with a large black discal dot and blackish band. Expanse 

 2|in. 



a. <$ . N. India. Presented by General Hearsey. 



b. $ . Madras. From Capt. J. M. Jones's Collection. 



