﻿moths 
  from 
  Southern 
  India. 
  137 
  

  

  type, 
  has 
  a 
  male 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  bands 
  on 
  fore 
  wing 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  costal 
  fold 
  distinct, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wing, 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  is 
  a 
  

   large 
  patch 
  of 
  blackish 
  brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  male, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  insect 
  named 
  by 
  Drury 
  as 
  puella 
  has, 
  

   like 
  the 
  female, 
  bands 
  rather 
  deeply 
  elbowed 
  inwards, 
  

   the 
  2nd 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  the 
  3rd 
  band 
  near 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  margin, 
  the 
  costal 
  fold 
  is 
  very 
  slight, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  patch 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wing. 
  All 
  the 
  males 
  

   of 
  peregrina 
  have 
  their 
  hind 
  wings 
  nearly 
  pure 
  white, 
  

   with 
  pinkish 
  suffusion 
  on 
  the 
  borders 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  

   central 
  red 
  bands 
  on 
  fore 
  wings 
  of 
  both 
  species 
  are 
  edged 
  

   with 
  black 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  the 
  2nd 
  band 
  inwardly 
  and 
  the 
  

   3rd 
  band 
  outwardly. 
  

  

  8. 
  R(jeselia 
  culaca, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PL 
  VIII., 
  fig. 
  9). 
  

  

  ^. 
  Antennge 
  grey 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  collai- 
  and 
  anal 
  tuft 
  of 
  

   abdomen 
  pure 
  white 
  ; 
  thorax 
  and 
  fore 
  wings 
  greyish 
  white 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  dark 
  grey. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  costal 
  subbasal 
  spot, 
  and 
  

   three 
  thin 
  transverse 
  zigzag 
  blackish 
  bands 
  ; 
  ante-medial, 
  medial, 
  

   and 
  post-medial, 
  the 
  two 
  latter 
  nearly 
  raeeting 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  incomplete 
  submarginal 
  grey 
  festoon 
  ; 
  this 
  and 
  

   all 
  the 
  bands 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  outwardly 
  margined 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  line 
  grey. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  whitish, 
  faintly 
  clouded 
  with 
  grey. 
  

   Under 
  side 
  almost 
  uniformly 
  dark 
  grey. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  -^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  (Hampson). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  R. 
  (Nola) 
  cingalesa, 
  Moore, 
  from 
  Ceylon, 
  but 
  

   can 
  easily 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  bands 
  

   on 
  fore 
  wings. 
  

  

  AECTIID^. 
  

  

  9. 
  Alpenus 
  eximia, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  VIII. 
  , 
  fig. 
  8). 
  

   Antennas 
  and 
  tip 
  of 
  palpi 
  blackish 
  ; 
  head, 
  body, 
  and 
  fore 
  wings 
  

  

  bright 
  ochreous 
  red, 
  hind 
  wings 
  paler, 
  markings 
  pale 
  black, 
  body 
  

   unmarked. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  short 
  longitudinal 
  

   streaks 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  subbasal 
  narrow 
  band, 
  slightly 
  

   outcurved, 
  and 
  running 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  along 
  the 
  costa, 
  a 
  medial 
  

   broad 
  band 
  which 
  bifiu'cates 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  outer 
  branch 
  

   angled 
  outwardly 
  close 
  to 
  a 
  submarginal 
  band 
  of 
  elongated 
  spots. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  cell, 
  and 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  

   which 
  become 
  minute 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  are 
  largest 
  and 
  suffused 
  

   into 
  a 
  patch 
  near 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  bands 
  in 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  are 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  composed 
  of 
  longitudinal 
  spots 
  and 
  streaks 
  suffused 
  

  

  