334 3PHINGIDJE. 



stripe ; a broad, transverse, fuscous band along hind margin 

 of 5, 6, 7 and 11 ; hind bevels of 8, 9 and 10 fuscous ; coxal 

 piece, sculpturing on 4, spiracles and shaft of cremaster black, 

 except for the hooks, which are chestnut. Length 25 mm. ; 

 breadth 8 mm. 



Habits. — In S. India the food-plants are Morinda tinctoria 

 Roxb., and M. citrifolia Linn., in the E. Himalayas Psederia 

 fcetida Linn., all of the family Rubiaceae. The eggs are fre- 

 quently parasitized by minute wasps, as many as three wasps 

 emerging from one egg. 



111. Gurelca masuriensis (Butl.). (PI. X, fig. 7, larva ; PI. XV, 

 fig. 2, larva). 



Lophura masuriensis, Butler, 1875, p. 244, pi. xxxvi, fig. 3 (Masuri). 

 Gurelca masuriensis, Swinhoe, 1892, p. 8 ; Hampson, 1892, p. 110 ; 



Jordan, 1929, p. 88. 

 Gurelca masuriensis masuriensis. Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 589 ; 



Jordan, 1911, p. 251 ; Seitz, 1929, p. 554 (partim). 

 Lophura erebina, Butler, 1875, p. 621 (N.W. India). 

 Gurelca hyas, Hampson (non Walk.), 1892, p. 110, fig. 65 ($). 



Imago. — <$Q. Greyer than G. himachala ; anal lobe of fore 

 wing shorter, the hind margin not quite so deeply excised 

 as in himachala ; black border of hind wing narrowing behind, 

 not sharply defined on inner side, diffused on to disc ; the 

 yellow area paler, particularly on underside. Expanse : 

 $ 42-48 mm., $ 50 mm. 



£. Anal tergite more compressed than in himachala, sternite 

 less broad and more gradually narrowed to a point. Harpe 

 spatulate, concave on upperside, apical margin incised or 

 emarginate above middle, proximally of the apical dilated 

 portion a low obliquely transverse ridge. The apical armature 

 of penis-sheath consists of a prominent non-dentate ridge 

 which ends at both sides with a sharp hook pointing frontad. 



Hob. W. Himalayas (Mussooree ; Simla ; Bukloh). Moths 

 are rare in collections, but larvae are fairly common at an 

 elevation of about 6,000 feet during the monsoon months. 

 They were first discovered by Col. J. D. Campbell, D.S.O., 

 in Mussooree in 1926. The larva figured by Butler with 

 a very long filiform horn is presumably that of himachala. 



Egg. — Pale yellowish -green. 



Larva : — 



1st instar. Horn short, straight, bifid, a long bristle on each 

 point ; long simple hairs on head, bifid hairs on segments 2 

 and 3 and trifid hairs on remaining segments, short simple 

 hairs on horn ; head and body at first very pale yellowish - 

 green ; a broad pale brown dorsal stripe and a broken pale brown 

 lateral stripe ; after twenty-four hours head pale green ; 

 dorsum of body dark green dotted with white ; rest of body 

 pale green ; a whitish subdorsal stripe ; horn black, all the 



