PENTATEUCHA. 85- 



and have no peculiar habits. The pupa is formed in a cell 

 underground, and is also sluggish. Both larva and pupa 

 are very delicate and difficult to rear. There is only one 

 brood in the year and the pupae hibernate. 



Genus PENTATEUCHA Swinhoe. 

 Swinhoe, 1908, p. 61. 



Genotype : curiosa Swinh. 



Imago. — Tongue fully developed. Palpus upturned, slender, 

 reaching about to middle of frons, second segment fringed with 

 long hair in front ; third segment short. Frons with a tuft of 

 hair. Antenna of female ciliate. Thorax clothed with long 

 hair. Tibiae fringed with long hair ; hind tibia with two pairs 

 ot spurs ; fore tarsus with three long, curved claws on first 

 segment. Abdomen with long, rough hair. Frenulum present. 

 Fore wing with apex rounded, termen evenly curved, crenulate ; 

 vein M 1 from well before end of cell ; R 2 from middle of 

 discocellulars ; R 1 from upper angle of cell ; SC 3 - 4 - 5 stalked ; 

 SC 1 ' 2 from cell. Hind wing with M 1 from well before end of 

 cell ; R 2 from well above lower end of cell ; R 1 , SC 2 from 

 upper end ; C approximated to SC 2 beyond cell {vide Hampson, 

 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xx, 1910, p. 85). 



Hab. E. Himalayas. Only one species at present known. 



10. Pentateucha curiosa Swinhoe. (Fig. 15). 



Pentateucha curiosa, Swinh., 1008, p. 62 (Khasi Hills) ; Hampson,. 

 1910, p. 85, pi. F, fig. 18. 



Imago. — Head and thorax clothed with deep red-brown hair 

 tipped with white ; pectus and legs rufous, tarsi blackish :. 



Fig. 15. — Pentateucha curiosa Swinh., $ holotype. 



abdomen blackish mixed with grey-white, forming obscure 

 segmental bands ; anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. 

 Fore wing clothed with dark red-brown hairv scales mixed 



