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  IV. 
  Neiv 
  species 
  of 
  moths 
  from 
  Southern 
  India. 
  By 
  

   Colonel 
  Charles 
  Swinhob, 
  F.L.S., 
  F.Z.S., 
  &c. 
  

  

  [Bead 
  November 
  5th, 
  1890.J 
  

  

  Plate 
  VIII. 
  

  

  BOMBYCES. 
  

  

  SYNTOMIDiE. 
  

   1. 
  Tascia 
  gana, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  VIII., 
  fig. 
  12). 
  

   (? 
  . 
  Antennas, 
  head, 
  eyes, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  both 
  wings, 
  black 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  bipectmated, 
  branches 
  below 
  the 
  shaft 
  short 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  

   top 
  of 
  head 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  glistening 
  blue-green 
  scales, 
  a 
  few 
  

   also 
  on 
  the 
  shaft 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  a 
  thin 
  crimson 
  line 
  behind 
  the 
  

   head, 
  followed 
  by 
  two 
  thin 
  lines 
  of 
  blue-green 
  scales, 
  a 
  few 
  similar 
  

   scales 
  scattered 
  thinly 
  over 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  fore 
  wings, 
  thickest 
  on 
  

   the 
  costal 
  and 
  outer 
  portions. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  fairly 
  clothed, 
  thinly 
  

   clothed 
  within 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  semidiaphanous 
  suffused 
  streak 
  

   in 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  interspace 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  

   semidiaphanous 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  like 
  a 
  half-moon, 
  with 
  

   the 
  circle 
  inwards 
  and 
  the 
  ends 
  rounded. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  paler, 
  dull 
  

   black, 
  semidiaphanous, 
  darkest 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  border 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   with 
  a 
  blackish 
  brown 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  broader 
  

   golden 
  band, 
  a 
  blackish 
  brown 
  band, 
  and 
  a 
  golden 
  band 
  with 
  brown 
  

   anal 
  tip, 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  bands 
  of 
  equal 
  width 
  ; 
  a 
  brilliant 
  band 
  of 
  

   crimson 
  hairs 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  golden 
  band 
  to 
  the 
  tip. 
  Under 
  side 
  dull 
  pale 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  

   pectus 
  crimson, 
  legs 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  Body 
  as 
  above, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   golden 
  bands 
  reddish. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  1 
  in. 
  

  

  Ganjam, 
  October, 
  1887 
  (Hampson) 
  . 
  

  

  Easily 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  Indian 
  species 
  

   of 
  this 
  genus 
  by 
  its 
  beautifully 
  coloured 
  and 
  banded 
  

   abdomen. 
  

  

  2. 
  Syntomis 
  magna, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  VIII., 
  fig. 
  1). 
  

  

  S^ 
  . 
  Above 
  and 
  below 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  shaft 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  broadly 
  pure 
  white 
  near 
  the 
  tips. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  three 
  

   TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOG. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  — 
  PART 
  I. 
  (MARCH.) 
  

  

  