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M. dentilinea Leech. Forewing greyish brown, with darker suffusion in parts; the basal area dentilinea. 



towards eosta with strong black reticulation; a similar patch on costa before the outer line which is black 

 and angulated; some ill defined lines between the basal reticulation and outer line; in the cell are two silvery 

 white cellspots; a wavy black subterminal line, excurved opposite the cell, where it is met by a black streak 

 from the apex: hindwing bluish black streaked with brown along tcriuen, the hairs at base greyish brown; 

 a thick, evenly dentate orange red outer line. Central and Western China. 



9. Genus: Hulotles Guen. 



Tongue present; palpi upturned, the second segment thickly haired, the third quite small in the cf, 

 longer in the ?; antennae of cf simple, filiform; thorax and abdomen coarsely scaled; all the tibiae in the cf 

 long-haired, also the tarsi of hind legs, and the first segment only of those of midlegs; wings ample; forewing 

 depressed at apex, the termen crenulate; in hindwing with a sinus beyond cell; the cell of hindwing short; 

 vein 5 from just above 4. Larva with first pair of abdominal prolegs rudimentary; with a pair of acute dorsal 

 tubercles on anal segment; feeding on Acanthads. Type: H. caranea Cram. 



H. caranea Cram. (66 A), cf. Forewing fuscous olive, suffused with purplish as far as the subterminal caranea. 

 line, which is curved from apex to anal angle; the terminal area brownish ochreous, with a row of dark 

 specks before margin; inner and outer lines waved, darker but obscure; reniform stigma an ochreous lunule 

 with brown centre; hindwing with the pale terminal area broader; ? pale ochreous brown, with dark brown 

 suffusion before the double oblique line; in some cases, -- ab. mediomaculata ab. nov. (66 d) there is a black medio- 

 spot on middle of inner margin of forewing. Larva olive green, speckled with brown, paler ventrally; dorsal mactt ata - 

 and lateral bands of black streaks; some greenish white blotches on back and sides; spiracles black; tubercles 

 reddish: feeding on Acanthus. Recorded from several localities in Central and Western China; it is common 

 throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma, and in many of the Malay islands, and occurs in Formosa. 



10. Genus: Ericeia Walk. 



Tongue developed; palpi upturned, the second segment thickened with scales, nearly reaching vertex, 

 the third of moderate length, slender; antennae of cf minutely ciliated; thorax smoothly scaled; mid tibiae of 

 cf with a fold containing large masses of flocculent hair; hindlegs of cf heavily tufted with long hair to the 

 extremity of the tarsi; forewing ample; the costa straight, shortly depressed at apex which is slightly produced; 

 termen faintly sinuous; inner margin strongly convex; scaling thick and dense. Type: E. inangulata Guen. 



A tropical genus with numerous species, some of which are very variable; the type species and one 

 other occur in China and Kiushiu. 



E. inangulata Guen. (= comitata Walk., umbrosa Walk) (66 e). Forewing grey, sometimes yellowish inangulata. 

 tinged in the ?, irrorated with fuscous, with darker fuscous markings; inner, median, outer, and subterminal 

 sinuous thick lines, varying in clearness; orbicular stigma small, reniform large, both indistinct; a series of 

 dark dots before termen; the ?? generally with a grey or whitish praeapical blotch; a dark spot is often 

 present on the subterminal line above inner margin; hindwing with the outer lines repeated; — sobria Walk, sobria. 

 (66 e) from Kulu, N.W. India, ( = aliena Walk) from Moreton Bay, Australia, is the form with fewest and 

 most obscure markings: — optativa Walk., from N. India, is the form most strongly banded and spotted with optativa. 

 darker; — optatura Walk., from Ceylon, is tinged with ochreous yellow in the ??; in pertendens Walk, optatwa. 

 from Ceylon and S. India, the dark lines and bands are cut up into spots between the pale veins, especially pertendens. 

 striking in the pale ??. Of this species, so common and variable throughout the Indo-Australian region, an 

 example is recorded by Leech from Kwei-chow, W. China; the type of Walker's comitata was from Shanghai. 



E. fraterna Moore (66 e). Much smaller and with decidedly narrower forewings than in inangulata; fruterna. 

 the ? generally with dark fascia before subterminal line; obscurely grey and apparently not much subject to 

 variation; the inner margin of forewing of the cf is marked with a slight lobe without fringe at middle. A 

 single example of this species, originally described from Ceylon, but occurring throughout India, in Burma, 

 Hainan, Java, Dutch Timor, and Luzon, is also recorded by Leech from Kiushiu. There are two forms of the 

 species: one dark with the markings strongly expressed, the other paler and duller, with the markings faint; 

 the Ceylon form seems to be intermediate. 



