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ARCTIUM. 



Genus NOTATA. 

 Notata, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 47 (1891). 



Type, N. parva, Hmpsn. 



Bangs. Nilgiris. 



Palpi porrect and minute. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. 

 Pore wing of male with a large patch of modified scales in cell on 

 underside ; veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell ; 6 from helow upper 

 angle ; 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with a large patch of 

 modified scales below the costa and in and beyond cell; veins 

 4 and 5 from angle of cell ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of 

 cell. 



1411. Eotata parva, Hmpsti. III. Het. viii, p. 48, pi. 139, fig. 5. 



<S . Pale straw-colour; the hind wing 

 paler ; the patches of modified scales on the 

 underside of fore wing and upperside of 

 hind wing fuscous. 



Hob. Nilgiris. Exp. 16 millim. 



Fig. 66. 



Notata parva, <$ . 



Genus HOLOCRASPEDUM. 



Holocraspedon, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 83 (1893). 



Type, H. nigropunctum, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



Palpi porrect, reaching beyond the frons. Antennae ciliated 

 in male. Fore wing with veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell ; 6 

 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with 

 veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from near 

 end of cell. 



1412. Holocraspedum nigropunctum, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix, p. 84, 



pi. 158, fig. 4. 



<3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; thorax spotted with 

 black. Fore wing white ; some black on 

 base of costa ; a curved antemedial black 

 line ; a spot in the cell and a spot at end 

 of it ; a postmedial line excurved round 

 end of cell and joining the antemedial line 

 at inner margin ; some black streaks 

 beyond the postmedial line ; a marginal 

 series of short lines. Hind wing yellowish 

 white ; the apex slightly suffused with 

 fuscous. 



Cocoon suspended by a cord and formed of network strengthened 

 by two cross bands. 



Hab. Nawala-pittia, Ceylon. Eap. 20 millim. 



Fig. 67. — Holocraspedum 

 nigropunctum, $ . \. 



