ESTIQMENE. 343 



togulae and stripes on patagia, thorax and shoulders black ; tegulcc 

 slightly edged with orange ; femora orange above, the fore coxfc, 

 tibiae, and tarsi striped with black ; abdomen orange above, with 

 dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing with 

 the basal half of costa black ; a black stripe on subcostal nei^ure 

 widening to costa before apex ; a black fascia on median nervure 

 emitting branches on veins 2, 3, 4, 5, those on veins 4, 5 reaching 

 termen ; a fascia on terminal part of vein 6 and a short fascia on 

 ex^tremity of vein 7 ; a fascia on vein 1 from near base to just 

 before termen. Hind wing with discoidal black spot, and sub- 

 terminal spots on veins 1, 2, and 5. 



Ab. 1. Tegulae without spots ; fore wing with the fasciae reduced 

 to those on median nervure and vein 1 ; hind wing without sub- 

 terminal spots. 



Hah. Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 S , 1 2 > N.W. Hima- 

 layas, 3 (5" , 3 2 , Dalhousie {Powell), 3 cj" , 2 $ , Kangra {Hocking), 

 4 c5', 3 5 , Kulu (6r. Young), 1 J ; Sikhim, 1 S - Exp. 40 millim. 



Larva. Butl. 111. Het. vii. p. 121, pi. 131. f. 1. 



Dark red-brown, with subdorsal series of black spots ; the hairs 

 from the warts fulvous and black, strong and spiniform. 



1866. Estigmene trivitta. (Plate XLVII. fig. 7.) 

 Spilosoma trivitta, Wlk. iii. 673 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 243. 



Ochreous white ; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae black ; a 

 dorsal black stripe on tegulae and thorax, and short stripes on 

 patagia ; legs mostly black, the femora orange above ; abdomen 

 orange above, with dorsal and lateral series of black spots and sub- 

 lateral stripes not reaching extremity. Fore wing with black stripe 

 below subcostal nervure and vein 6 from just beyond middle of cell 

 to just before termen ; a stripe on median nervure and vein 4 from 

 base to just before termen, and a stripe on vein I from before middle 

 to near termen. Hind wing white. 



Hah. Natal, 1 d* , 1 $ type. Exjp., S 42, $ 46 millim. 



1867. Estigmene pura. (Plate XLVII. fig. 3.) 

 Alpenus purus, Butl. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 382; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 238. 



5 . Pure white ; palpi black, fringed with white ; antennae with 

 the branches blackish ; tegulae and patagia with black points ; legs 

 striped with black ; abdomen dorsally orange, except basal and two 

 terminal segments, usually a dorsal series of black spots on orange 

 segments, a lateral series and two sublateral spots. Fore wing with 

 some black points forming ill-defined antemedial, medial, and post- 

 medial series ; basal and subbasal points, points at angles of cell, 

 an oblique series from near apex and a terminal series. Hind wing 

 with small discoidal black spot and subterminal points above vein 5 

 and below 2. 



Hah. Abyssinia, 1 $ type ; Br. E. Africa, Sabaki Valley 

 {Gregory), 2 $ {Ansorge), 1 $ . Eorp. 42 millim. 



