GAZALINA.— HIM ALA. 49 



GAZALINA, Walk. 



Gazalina antica. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 4.) 

 Dasychira antica, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 867. n. 10 (1855). 



Wings above silvery white ; primaries with the basal half of costal margin, two dots at 

 the base, the veins, and two nearly parallel oblique lines across the basal half black : head 

 white, with the face black ; antennae black, with testaceous pectinations ; thorax white, the 

 collar and metathorax ochraceous here and there ; abdomen white, with transverse blackish 

 bands. Under surface white, the costal margin of primaries black, costal area slightly yellowish ; 

 veins upon the disk blackish ; secondaries with a transverse squamose blackish streak across 

 the costal area ; the upper surface of the anterior legs and the tarsi of the remaining legs 

 blackish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



Almora {Boys) ; Darjiling (Lidderdale) . 



Oligoclona chordigera of Felder seems to be a slight variety of G. antica. 



Gazalina venosata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 5.) 



Gazalina venosata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. ii. p. 398 (1865). 

 Oligoclona nervosa, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. iv. pi. xcv. fig. 8 (1874). 



? . Wings above silvery white, with the veins black ; primaries with the costal margin 

 black, base sprinkled with blackish scales : thorax sordid white ; abdomen black, with white 

 margins to the segments, a large metallic golden anal tuft ; tarsi blackish : wings and body as 

 above. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines. 



Barrackpore {Hearsay) ; Darjiling {Lidderdale) . 



Eelder's figure represents a female which has laid its eggs, and is consequently denuded 

 of the beautiful golden anal tuft : a similar example from Dr. Lidderdale's collection is in 

 the Museum. 



HIMALA, Moore. 



Himala argentea. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 6.) 



cJ . Redoa argentea, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 827. n. 3 (1855). 



$ . Dasychira ilita, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I. Comp. ii. p. 341. n. 810 (1858-59). 



Wings above silvery white, with blackish outer margins ; primaries with all the veins, 

 excepting the costal and subcostal, black ; the last two subcostal branches also black : secon- 

 daries with the veins beyond the middle black : body snow-white* ; antennae with testaceous 



* Walker describes it as " testaceous, clothed with white hairs," the hody of the type being stained 

 with grease. 



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