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Indicia Museum Notes. 



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species Hybhea puera Cramer. On the upper side, the ground colour of 

 the fore, wing- is ashy grey with a tinge of yellow, shaded at the base of 

 the wing on the disc, along the costa, and broadly along the outer margin 

 with soft dark brown ; hind-wing dark brown with an irregular band on the 

 disc not reaching the costa, and alarge squarish mark at the anal angle ver- 

 milion red. Cilia of the fore-wing dark brown, of hind- wing brown with a 

 light wash of pink. Underside, both wings pale vermilion red turning at 

 the base, along the costa and on the disc of the fore-wing to yellow; an 

 irregular mark on the fore-wing and two spots at the anal angle of the 

 hind-wing, with some indistinct shadings dark brown. 



The larva measures a little over one inch in length. It is whitish 

 yellow beneath, dusky greenish above. Along the middle of the back 

 is a pale flesh coloured stripe with darker smoky brown stripes one on 

 each side, which latter are each outwardly margined by an indistinct and 

 somewhat interrupted white line. Head dark brown; a few erect dark 

 hairs scattered over each segment, 



The second species, Mr. Cotes informs 

 .me, is new to the Indian Museum col- 

 lection, but that it is undoubtedly on e 

 of the Py rales and very close toPahga 

 (Scop u la) damasfesalis Walker, J 1 ) 



The following is a brief description of 

 the larva and moth. 



Larva : length 0.7 to one inch. Colour 

 pale sap-green; two lines of purplish 

 spots along the middle of the back. 

 Head yellow; a few pale erect hairs 



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scattered over each segment. 



Moth : expanse 9 inches. Upper side pearly white with a slight 

 creamy tinge; fore-wing marked along the costal aud outer margins and 

 across the disc with spots of red, forming on the last indistinct narrow 

 red cross bands ; hind- wing with the outer margin narrowly edged with 

 the same colour, Cilia of the fore-wing alternately red and white; of the 

 hind-wing pure white. Underside pearly white. 



The larvae that had not pupated had all turned by the fifth day after 

 my return. Both species seem to take the same length of time over their 

 metamorphosis, the moths issuing from the 8th to the 11th day after 

 pupation. 



The Hyblaa formed a rather flimsy cocoon either in the corner of the 

 box, or along the mid rib of a leaf, dragging the sides of the leaf slightly 

 together with the web. The Pj/ralis invariably rolled itself up in the 

 edge of the leaf, holding it in position by a few threads. 



(!) The specimens have since been submitted to Colonel C, Swinhoe, who was kindly 

 examined them and deterimmes the species as Paliga damastesalis Walker — Ed. 



