PERICALLIA. 353 



1881. Pericallia picta. 



Deiopeia picta, Wlk. xxxi. 2Go (1864) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 54 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Ilet. p. 351. 

 TatargiTia formosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 366 ; id. 111. Het. B.M. 



iii. p. 8, pi. 43. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 351. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet ; antennae black ; tegulae, 

 patagia, meso- and metathorax with white patches with black spots 

 on them ; legs striped with black ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and 

 sublateral series of black spots, the ventral surface whitish. Eore 

 wing scarlet, with subbasal, two antemedial, medial, postmedial, and 



Fig. 156.— Fericallia picta, S . {. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



subterminal white bands with series of black-edged grey spots on 

 them, the 1st two angled outwards below costa, the 4th with a 

 lunula te spot just beyond or conjoined to the grey discoidal spots, 

 the spots of the subterminal band elongate. Hind wing yellow, 

 suffused with scarlet. 



$ . Abdomen yellow above, scarlet towards base, the ventral 

 surface with black and white bands ; hind wing scarlet ; an ante- 

 medial black spot on costa, a discoidal spot with another on costa 

 above it, sometimes some spots between lower angle of cell and inner 

 margin ; some postmedial and subterminal spots towards costa. 



Ab. \. formosa. Fore wing with the bands wider. 



Hah. S. China, 1 $ type /ormo.<?a ; Burma, Moulmein, 1 $ type, 

 Prome, Kalewa {Watson), 3 6 , Hsipaw {De Mceville), 1 cS . Escp.^ 

 d 40, $ 54-58 millim. 



1882. Pericallia ellioti. 



Callarctia ellioti, Butl. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 739, pi. 43. f. 6. 



$ . Head and thorax black-brown ; vertex of head and antennae 

 pinkish white ; tegulae white with brown spots ; base of patagia and 

 sides of thorax white ; some crimson on neck and prothorax ; femora 

 crimson above ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots, the ventral surface brownish. Fore wing dark brown ; 

 a pinkish fascia in base of cell to an oblique fascia from costa before 

 middle across the cell, then along submedian fold to termen, with an 

 oblique band from it just below the cell to inner margin near base ; 

 the postmedial band oblique from costa to vein 5, then inwardly 

 oblique and ending at submedian fascia ; the subterminal band 

 arising from apex joining the postmedial band at vein 5, then bent 

 outwards to termen at submedian fascia. Hind wing pale crimson^ 



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