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Larva. Moore, Lep. E. I. C. pi. 16. f. 12. 



Black, with lateral, tufts of red-brown hair ; a lateral series of 

 scarlet spots ; dorsal, subdorsal, and subspiracular series of black 

 spots; 3rd, 4th, and 5th somites with sublateral spots, terminal 

 somite with two spots only. Pood-plant, Menisjpermum glabrum. 



1840. Amsacta negrita. (Plate XLVI. fig. 13.) 



Creatonotos negritus, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 28 (1894) ; Swinh. A. M. N. H. 

 (6) xiv. p. 436. 



Head fuscous-black and white ; palpi scarlet below ; back of 

 head, edges of tegulge, stripes on shoulders, and stripes on fore and 

 mid femora above scarlet ; tegula3 with black band, patagia with 

 black spots ; legs black and white ; abdomen orange above, white 

 below, with broad black bands and lateral fasciae, the anal tuft 

 white. Pore wing fuscous black, with white fasciae in terminal 

 half of cell, submedian fold, and base of inner margin ; the costal 

 edge scarlet towards apex ; cilia white. Hind wing fuscous black, 

 with diffused white streaks in cell and basal half of submedian 

 fold ; cilia white. 



Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 (5 1 $ , type. Exp. bQ millim. 



1841. Amsacta moorei. 



Areas moorei, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 23 (1876); id. 111. Het. B. M. v. p. 28, 



pi. 85. f. 2 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 27 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 224. 

 Aloa sara, Swiuh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 404 ; Xirby, Cat. Het. p. 223. 



Pure white ; palpi scarlet at sides, black at tips ; antennae black, 

 the basal joint and back of head scarlet ; streaks on shoulders, fore 

 coxae at sides, and femora above scarlet, the fore coxae with black 

 spots, the tibiae streaked and the tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen 

 scarlet, with short dorsal black bands and lateral series of spots, the 

 ventral surface white. Pore wing with scarlet costal fascia ; black 

 points at angles of cell. Hind wing with discoidal black lunule 

 and three almost terminal spots. 



Ab. J . sara. Patagia with black points ; abdomen with sublateral 

 black spots ; fore wing with ante- and postmedial black points 

 above vein 1. — Karachi. 



Ab. 2. Tegulae and thorax suffused with brown ; abdomen with 

 the dorsal bands joining lateral fasciae ; fore wing with diffused 

 brownish streaks below median nervure and above vein 1, and 

 interrupted postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 3, then 

 incurved ; a subterminal spot above vein 5. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Almorah {Boys), 1 (S type ; Sind, 

 Karachi (Sivinhoe, Watson), 2 S , 2 $ , type sara ; Trichinopoly 

 {Felloivs-Wilson), 1 $. Exp., S 38-40, $ 44-54 millim. 



Larva. Pood-plant, groundnuts. 



