ALPH^A. 23 



spot at end of cell and submarginal series of four spots, the two 

 towards apex sometimes obsolete ; cilia white. 

 Hab. Burma ; Nilgiri plateau. Eocp. 46 millim. 



1220. Alphaea biguttata, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 707 ; C. $ S. no. 789. 

 Spilosoma lativitta, Moore, P. Z. S, 1865, p. 809 ; C.fy S. no. 792. 

 Kajendra irregularis, Moore, Lev. Ceyl. ii p. 72, pi. 107, fig. 2 ; 



C. Sf S. no. 790. 



Differs from vittata in the white fascia of the fore wing being 

 broader and elbowed at vein 2. Hind wing with the cilia black ; 

 in the variety irregularis white. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Pareshnath ; Canara ; Nilgiris, W. slopes ; Ceylon. 

 Exp. 47 millim. 



1221. Alphaea nigricans, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 572 ; C. $ S. no. 793. 



c? • Head and thorax black ; a white band on vertex of head ; 

 tegulse white, with a black spot; abdomen crimson, with black 

 dorsal and ventral bands. Tore wing uniform dark red-brown, 

 with very faint traces of the curved fascia. Hind wing crimson, 

 with a brown band on the costa extending into end of cell and the 

 three submarginal spots. 



Hah. Deccan; Bombay; Matheran. Exp. 40 millim. 



1222. Alphaea dentata, Wlk, Cat. iii, p. 708. 



Aloa khandalla, Moore, Cat. E. I. Co. p. 361, pi. 9 a, fig. 13 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 791. 



Differs from biguttata in being brownish black ; the fascia of 

 the fore wing more or less produced into the middle of cell and 

 downwards at the elbow, whence it is bent upwards at a sharper 

 angle and reaches the costa before the apex ; a white patch on the 

 outer margin below the apex and another at centre. Hind wing 

 almost white in male, crimson in female ; the cilia pale. 



Hob. Bombay; Canara; Nilgiris. Exp. 52 millim. 



1223. Alphsea pannosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 397, pi. 32, fig. 8 ; 



Butt. III. Het. vii, pi. 138, fig. 8 (larva) ; C. fy S. no. 794. 



Differs from dentata in having two brown spots on the collar ; 

 the tegulaB striped brown and white ; abdomen with dorsal dark 

 spots. Fore wing with the fascia extremely irregular and reaching 

 the outer margin below the apex, a black spot on it at base ; some 

 spots on the costa and three transversely placed before the apex ; 

 some specimens with two spots at end of cell and two towards 

 outer angle; others have the markings of the fore wing much 

 reduced. Hind wing crimson, with a speck at end of cell ; a large 

 spot near apex, and one or two towards anal angle. 



Larva black, with tufts of pale hair ; a dorsal yellowish band 

 and two lateral white bands ; head red-brown : legs pale brown. 



Bab. N.W. Himalayas. Exp., <$ 43, ? 50 millim. 



