70 LASIOCAMPID^E. 



Dreata hades. (Plate XCVII. fig. 7.) 

 Dreata hades, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 908. n. 13 (1855). 



Greyish brown : the wings with the central area whity brown, limited externally by 

 a nearly straight (very slightly sinuated) dark discal stripe, and traversed by two very 

 indistinct dentate- sinuate greyish lines ; a dentate-sinuate blackish line parallel to the outer 

 margin : primaries dark at the base, the basal area crossed by three irregular dusky stripes : 

 secondaries with the markings less distinct than in the primaries : abdomen paler than the 

 thorax. Under surface fuliginous brown ; wings crossed beyond the middle by a straight 

 dusky line. Expanse of wings 2 inches 9 lines. 



Silhet. 



TAGORA, Walk. 



Tagora patula. (Plate XCVIII. figs. 1 & 2.) 

 Tagora patula, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. v. p. 1189. n. 2 (1855). 



$ . Sandy yellowish varied with flesh-colour. Wings crossed in the middle by four 

 nearly equidistant parallel dentate-sinuate grey lines, the outermost one doubled ; an irregular 

 discal series o£ black spots partly united upon the primaries by a slaty-grey sinuated line : 

 primaries with a quadrate hyaline white spot at the end of the cell ; an oblique brown line 

 from below the cell to basal third of inner margin ; traces of five oblique brown stripes across 

 the basicostal area ; a grey nebula between the discal black spots upon the median branches : 

 secondaries whitish towards the base ; a curved reddish-brown sub basal stripe : head and 

 antennae dark brown. Under surface pale reddish buff; wings crossed by a blackish discal 

 line ; other markings nearly as above, but the oblique interno-median line of the primaries 

 and the curved subbasal line of the secondaries obsolete. Expanse of wings 3 inches 

 11 lines. 



$ . Pale brownish grey, clouded with brown and sandy yellowish ; the markings broader 

 and more defined than in the male ; the black discal dots smaller and less distinct, partly 

 united by a sinuated white stripe which, on the secondaries, limits a broad brown discal belt 

 traversed by a sinuated yellowish stripe ; a similar but narrower belt runs from near the 

 external angle to near the apex of primaries ; the latter wings with two hyaline spots at the 

 end of the cell ; the grey discal nebula replaced by an oblique brown patch ; fringes of all 

 the wings sandy yellowish : body very pale. Under surface whity brown, the centre of the 

 wings crossed by four dentate-sinuate dusky lines ; external third smoky brown, limited in- 

 ternally by a blackish-bordered yellowish stripe, and traversed by a dentate-sinuate blackish 

 line with diffused whitish internal border. Expanse of wings 5 inches 1 line. 



Silhet. 



