362 CATALOGUE OF 



Dasychira complicata. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput album, lateribus anticis nigricantibus ; palpi 

 albi, extus nigricantes ; thorax antice albo marginatus, lateri- 

 bus posticis nigro-cinereis ; abdomen purpureo-cinereum, ochra- 

 ceo bivittatum; alee anticce lineis quinque nigris albo-margi- 

 natis, la, 2a, 4aque undulatis, 3a 5aque e lunulis,plaga costali, 

 litura. discali e strigis quatuor plagaque postica nigris; 

 posticce Jlavescentes, gutta fasciaque interrupta nigricantibus, 



Male. Brown. Body very stout. Head white, blackish on 

 each side in front. Palpi white, very stout, obliquely ascending 1 , 

 blackish on the outer side. Antennae black, very broadly pectinated ; 

 branches fawn-colour. Thorax blackish cinereous on each side 

 hindward ; fore part bordered with black. Abdomen purplish cine- 

 reous, with a dark ochraceous stripe on each side; under side paler. 

 Legs white. Tibiae and tarsi with black bands ; fore femora blackish. 

 Fore wings with five transverse black lines, which are irregularly 

 bordered with white; first, second and fourth lines undulating; 

 first very near the base; second antemedial, accompanied on each 

 side by an incomplete white line; third composed of connected 

 lunules, joined to the fourth by a black patch on the costa and by 

 another on the interior border; fifth composed of lunules; discal 

 mark large, composed of four black streaks of various size ; fringe 

 black, with a white spot opposite each vein; under side and hind 

 wings yellowish, the latter with a biackish discal dot and a blackish 

 exterior irregular and interrupted band. Length of the body 

 12 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a, b. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Dasychira basalts. 



Mas. Fusca; abdomen cinereum ; tarsi nigro fasciati ; pedes 

 antici nigri, dense pilosi ; alee antica? nigro conspersce, striga 

 apud costam exteriorem lituraque apud angulum interiorem 

 albis, striga basali brevi lata lineaque exteriore transversa 

 angulosa nigris ; posticce cinerece, fusees cente marginatce. 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Antennae very broadly 

 pectinated. Abdomen cinereous, extending to the interior angle of 

 the hind wings. Tarsi with black bands. Fore legs mostly black, 

 densely pilose. Fore wings thinly covered with black speckles, 

 irregularly streaked with white about the exterior part of the costa, 



