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than the thorax, fore wings with three black discal dots and with an 

 intermediate brownish stripe, which accompanies the median veins 

 and its branches ; a hardly interrupted blackish line along the exterior 

 border. Hind wings white. Length of the body 4! lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. " (Walker, 1. a). 



Seramia infer ens, Moore. Habitat : Ceylon. Description : " Fore 

 wing dull yellowish-ochreous, with a longitudinal ochreous-brown 

 fascia extending from the base along the median vein to the 

 exterior margin ; a brown exterior marginal line : hind wing white. 

 Thorax dull yellowish-ochreous ; abdomen paler ; legs dull brownish- 

 ochreous. Expanse: i T | inch* " {Moore, I. c.) 



Nonagria infer ens, Hampson. Ha bi tat : Sind, Bombay, Mho w 

 Ceylon, Burma, Flores, Description : " Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 

 from the cell. Antennae of male ciliated ; of female simple. Ochreous. 

 Fore wing with a red-brown suffusion along median nervure and veins 

 2 to 5 ; a marginal dark-line ; cilia paler. Hind wing white. Expanse : 

 28 millim. " (Hampson, I. c.) 



Leucania proscripta, Walker. Habitat : East Indies. Descrip- 

 tion : ll Pale testaceous. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings fawn- 

 coloured towards the exterior border, with the exterior dots in- 

 distinct ; a pale brownish discal stripe, and a brown line along the 

 exterior border, which has whitish-testaceous cilia. Hind wingS) 

 white. Length of the body, 5 lines ; of the wings, 10 lines. " (Walker, 

 I. c.) 



Seramia fraterna, Moore. Habitat : Dharmsala, Western Hima- 

 layas. Description: "Very similar to S. proscripta and S. inferens 

 Fore wing with a slightly darker shade longitudinally through the 

 median veins, and a small distinct black spot below the cell : hind 

 wing white. Expanse $ i T ^-. ? 1-3% inch " (Moore, I. c). 



LARVA when full-grown 1*3 inches in length when walking ; cylin- 

 drical, tapering rather suddenly towards the head, less rapidly 

 towards the anal segment, which is rounded ; rather stout, smooth, 

 shining, with a few colourless bristles about '15 of an inch in length ; 

 the segments broadly and shallowly pitted ; flesh-coloured, the pulsa- 

 ting dorsal vessel (heart) dark and rather prominent ; spiracles 

 small, black; head cordate, small, ferruginous, the mouth-parts 

 black; legs concolorous with the body, short; the abdominal legs 

 (claspers) on the seventh to tenth segments inclusive counting the 

 head as the first ; the fifth and sixth, eleventh and twelfth segments 

 without true legs or claspers. The larva is very active when re- 

 moved from its tunnel in a cane, walking briskly. 



