SPILAKCTIA.— NAYACA. 33 



Spilarctia confasa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 13.) 



Spilarctia confusa, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 42 (1875). 



$ . Primaries above buff, with a faint pink tinge, with slenderly red costal margin ; a 

 black dot at base; a curved oblique series of black dots from inner margin to lower radial; 

 several submarginal discal black dots (sometimes forming a zigzag series to apex) : secondaries 

 buff, with a distinct wash of rose-colour, deepest towards the abdominal margin ; a black spot 

 at the end of the cell; a black submarginal spot on the radial interspace and two or three 

 near the anal angle with pale borders : thorax buff; palpi red, with brown tips ; antennae 

 black ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral black spots. Primaries below suffused with 

 rose-red ; a black spot at the end of the cell ; apex pale : secondaries paler than above, very 

 slightly tinted with pink ; a black spot at the end of the cell : coxae and upper surface of 

 femora carmine ; tibiae and tarsi partially brown ; venter cream-coloured, with a few lateral 

 black dots. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 

 North India. 



NAYACA, Moore. 



Nayaca imbuta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 1.) 

 Aretia imbuta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 614. n. 38 (1855). 



Primaries above dark brown, with several irregular large white markings on the interno- 

 median and external areas, and two opposed curved series of small white spots just beyond the 

 middle : secondaries dark brown, with the base of interno-median area, the basal half of the 

 median vein and the submedian, a very irregular streak from the anal angle to the second 

 median branch, a large costal patch enclosing a brown spot, and an interrupted external border 

 sulphur-yellow : thorax dark brown ; head yellow above ; collar, with the margins and a 

 central stripe enclosing a scarlet line, yellow ; tegulae bordered with yellow ; abdomen scarlet, 

 with dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Wings below nearly as above ; secondaries 

 yellow at base ; a tuft of carmine hairs from the side of the pectus ; pectus dark brown, femora 

 scarlet in front ; abdomen whitish, blotched and spotted with dark brown and with lateral 

 scarlet dots. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 



Himalayas ; Darjiling (Ladder dale). 



Nayaca divisa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 2.) 



Aretia divisa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 614. n. 39 (1855). 

 Ardices divisa, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 28 (1875). 



Wings above cream-coloured, banded and spotted with dark brown : primaries with two 

 large spots at the base, a costal streak almost uniting with the upper basal spot, and a large 



