178 NOCTUID^E. 



1610. Chariclea sanguinDlenta, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 363 ; C. # 8. 

 no. 1723. 

 Dorika ignea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 70, pi. 144, fig. 21. 



Head and thorax reddish chestnut ; abdomen whitish. Fore 

 wing bright golden ; the costa pale ; diffused coppery-red fascisB 

 along the costa, median and submedian nervures from base to outer 

 margin and from upper angle of cell to outer margin ; traces of 

 dark specks at the angles of cell and of a curved postmedial series ; 

 cilia white, slightly tinged with pink at apex and outer angle. 

 Hind wing yellowish white. 



The form ignea from the Mlgiris has some black on head and 

 thorax ; the fore wing with diffused black on costa, median and 

 submedian nervures, and on outer margin below apex ; the specks 

 at angles of cell and the postmedial series prominent ; cilia bright 

 pink. 



Hah. Bombay ; Nilgiris. Exp. 30-37 millim. 



1611. Chariclea sinuata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 363; C. $ S. 

 no. 1756. 



Head, thorax, and fore win<* golden orange, suffused with fer- 

 ruginous red. Fore wing with an indistinct antemedial dentate 

 line ; a speck on discocellulars ; oblique dentate postmedial line and 

 series of marginal black specks. Hind wing pale ochreous, suffused 

 with fuscous. 



Hah. Bombay. Exp. 34 millim. 



1612. Chariclea beatrix, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 365 ; Sivinh. P. Z. 8. 



1886, pi. 41, fig. 5 ; C. $ 8. no. 1726. 

 Masalia tosta, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 411. 

 Masalia rosacea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 71, pi. 144, fig. 23. 

 Masalia terracotta, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 71, pi. 144. fig. 22. 

 Masalia radiata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 364 ; C. $ 8. no. 1755. 



Head and thorax pale brownish pink : abdomen white. Fore 

 wing with the apex sometimes acute ; whitish, with a broad pale 

 pink fascia on the costal area ; another along median nervure 

 expanding between veins 2 and 5, and conjoined to a broad fascia 

 on inner area. Hind wing white, tinged with pink on outer 

 margin. 



In rosacea and terracotta from the Nilgiris there is hardly a trace 

 of white in the intern o-median interspace of fore wing, and the 

 hind wing is fuscous ; the latter has the fore wing yellowish pink, 

 with some fuscous below the median nervure. In a form from 

 Baluchistan there is hardly any white on fore wing, the inner area 

 of which, as well as the hind wing, is suffused with fuscous : tosta 

 has the fore wing almost wholly pink, the hind wing white. 



The form radiata is dusky pink ; fore wing with white streaks 

 beyond cell and below median nervure; hind wing fuscous. 



Hab. Baluchistan ; N.W. Himalayas ; Mhow ; Canara ; Mlgiris. 

 Exp. 22-30 millim. 



