18 LASIOCAMPID^I. 



LASIOCAMPID^J. 



APHA, Walker. 

 Apha tychoona. (Plate XXVII. fig. 5.) 

 Apha tychoona, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag. vol. xiv. p. 207 (1878). 



Primaries above greyish brown, darker towards the outer margin ; costa black-spotted, 

 each spot followed by a more or less distinct sinuated line, which crosses the wing ; two of 

 these lines across the centre of the wing well defined ; an oblique yellow stripe, with blackish 

 internal and broad olivaceous external border, from inner margin to apex ; an irregular greyish 

 submarginal line ; a costal apical yellow patch clouded with olivaceous : secondaries testaceous, 

 with central yellow line in continuation of that of primaries, a dusky streak across the basal 

 area; a discal irregular greyish line; outer border brownish. Wings below reddish orange, 

 crossed by three parallel zigzag grey lines followed by a grey belt ; a pyramidal irregular 

 discal patch in primaries, an apical spot, and the whole outer half of secondaries bright yellow ; 

 irregular line as above, outer border clouded with brown ; body below orange with red venter. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



CIPUNA, Walker. 

 Cifuna locuples. (Plate XXVII. fig. 6.) 

 Cifuna locuples, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. v. p. 1173 (1855). 



? . Primaries bright gravel-yellow clouded with lilacine, crossed by four ferruginous lines 

 in pairs, the two first towards the base, indistinct and zigzag ; the two others discal, irregular, 

 forming the margins of a brownish belt ; margin ferruginous : secondaries whity brown, with a 

 dusky spot on the discocellulars and brownish fringe : body brown, the thorax darker than the 

 abdomen ; under surface reddish testaceous, with brown discocellulars and discal stripe. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 line. 



2 , Silhet ; S ? > Yokohama {Jonas) . 



The Japanese examples are usually darker than the type and have a more irregular discal 

 belt across the primaries. The type is not a male, and Walker's measurement, as usual, is 

 incorrect. 



TRABALA, Walker. 



Trahala cristata. (Plate XXVII. fig. 1.) 



Trabala cristata, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 480 (1877). 



Nearly allied to T. niveiceps from India, but much more ochraceous, the primaries crossed 

 by two pale brown stripes which diverge towards the costa, the inner one not far from the base, 

 the outer one central ; a transverse red-brown discal line ; two ochre-bordered creamy spots 



