﻿moths 
  from 
  Southern 
  India. 
  143 
  

  

  Matheran, 
  October 
  and 
  December, 
  1886 
  ; 
  Khandalla, 
  

   October, 
  1887 
  ; 
  Calicut, 
  Tavandrum 
  (Hampson) 
  ; 
  Lana- 
  

   oli, 
  May, 
  1888. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  E. 
  nelera 
  in 
  its 
  black 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  fore 
  

   wings, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   markings 
  ; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  chrome-yellow 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  : 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  

   palmyra, 
  Stoll, 
  for 
  which 
  I 
  mistook 
  it 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S., 
  1885, 
  

   p. 
  864), 
  but 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct, 
  E. 
  palmyra 
  being 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  to 
  E. 
  transversa, 
  Walker. 
  This 
  insect 
  also 
  appears 
  

   in 
  swarms 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  weather, 
  and, 
  like 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus, 
  flies 
  by 
  day 
  ; 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  are 
  occasionally 
  also 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  summer. 
  There 
  are 
  specimens 
  of 
  it 
  un- 
  

   named 
  in 
  the 
  B. 
  M., 
  and 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Moore's 
  museum. 
  

  

  ZERENIID^. 
  

   19. 
  Abraxas 
  germana, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  3' 
  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  body 
  oclireous, 
  spotted 
  with 
  blackish 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  three 
  rows 
  of 
  spots 
  ; 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  pale 
  oclireous 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  wings 
  paler 
  and 
  whiter 
  ; 
  both 
  wings 
  covered 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   brown 
  irrorations, 
  coarse 
  and 
  dark 
  on 
  fore 
  wings, 
  pale 
  and 
  minute 
  

   on 
  hind 
  wings, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  both 
  wings 
  crossed 
  by 
  

   a 
  discal 
  line 
  or 
  thin 
  band, 
  including 
  brown 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  veins 
  in 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wing, 
  where 
  the 
  band 
  is 
  well 
  covered 
  outwardly 
  above 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  composed 
  of 
  densely 
  patched 
  irrorations 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wing 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  it 
  is 
  merely 
  an 
  ordinary 
  band 
  of 
  brownish 
  

   colour 
  ; 
  a 
  brown 
  spot 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell 
  on 
  hind 
  wings, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  

   marginal 
  line 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  veins 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  

   only 
  ; 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  otherwise 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  

   whitish 
  in 
  colour, 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  ; 
  antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  

   brown. 
  Below 
  : 
  body 
  yellow, 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  wings 
  as 
  above, 
  

   but 
  in 
  the 
  males 
  with 
  the 
  bands 
  and 
  spots 
  very 
  distinct; 
  the 
  irrora- 
  

   tions 
  suffused 
  with 
  longitudinal 
  streaks 
  nearly 
  covering 
  the 
  wing. 
  

   Expanse 
  of 
  wings. 
  (? 
  ? 
  "^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  {Lindsay). 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  luteolaria, 
  Swinh., 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  

   bright 
  in 
  coloration. 
  

  

  A. 
  luteolaria 
  has 
  two 
  bands 
  across 
  both 
  wings, 
  of 
  a 
  

   different 
  character 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  

   band 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  marginal 
  border. 
  

  

  