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Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of head, the 3rd joint short. 

 Antennae ciliated in both sexes. Mid and hind tibiae with minute 

 terminal pairs of spurs. Hind wing of male with a fold on inner 

 margin containing a glandular patch near the base, with a tuft of 

 long hair beyond it ; the anal angle produced to a point. Fore wing 

 with veins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7 and 10 from a long areole formed by the anastomosis of 8 and 9. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from the angle of cell ; 6 and 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



1273. Argina argils, Koll. HugeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 467, pi. 21, fig. 3 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 105, figs. \a,b,c (larva) ; C.fy S. no. 741. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing scarlet or brownish red ; two black 

 yellow-ringed spots on collar, two on tegulae, and three on thorax ; 

 the collar outlined with brilliant scarlet ; abdomen scarlet, with 

 dorsal, ventral, and two paired lateral series of black spots. 

 Fore wing with six transverse series of yellow-ringed black spots, 

 each series curved, irregularly disposed and variable as to size 

 and number, the postmedial series bifurcating towards the costa. 

 Hind wing scarlet, with one black spot at end of cell, another at 

 origin of vein 2, another at its middle, and a submarginal series ; a 

 few small spots on margin, all these being somew T hat variable. 



Larva purple-black, with a few dorsal hairs ; head and a lateral 

 line from 4th to 10th somites reddish ; a dorsal series of transverse 

 w 7 hite streaks. 



Hob. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. Exp., $ 55, 

 2 64 millim. 



1274. Argina syringa, Cram. Pap. Exot. i, pi. v, fig. C ; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. ii, pi. 105, figs. 2, 2 a, b, c (larva) ; C. <$r S. no. 749. 

 Bombyx crotalariae, Fabr. Ent. iSyst. iii, p. 473. 



Differs from argus in the head, thorax, and fore wing being pale 

 pinkish brown ; the spots larger and more prominent, those on the 

 fore wing being placed on clouded fuscous bands. Abdomen and 

 hind wing crimson. 



Larva purplish grey with sparse hairs ; series of black dorsal 

 transverse bands and lateral spots ; head red. 



Pupa in a thin network cocoon. 



Hob. Throughout India and Ceylon; Australia. Exp., $ 60, 

 2 64 millim. 



1275. Argina cribraria, Clerck, Icon. Ins. ii, pi. 54, fig. 4 ; C. fy S. 



no. 743. 

 Phalsena astraea, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. ii, p. 11, pi. 6, fig. 3 ; C.fyS. 



no. 742. 

 Bombyx pylotis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 585 ; C.fyS. no. 748. 

 Deiopeia dulcis, Wlh. Cat. ii, p. 569; C. Sf S.no. 744. 

 Argina guttata, Pambur, Lep. And. ii, p. 229 ; C. $ S. no. 745. 

 Argina notata, Butt. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877 p. 365 ; C. & S. 



no. 746. 



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