KHAGASTIS. 467 



8. Costal half of cell of fore wing underside of 

 the reddish colour of the disc ; abdomen 

 without yellowish lateral stripe ; costal [Jord., p. 473. 



edge of fore wing very pale, creamy R. confusa Roths. & 



Cell brown ; abdomen underside buffish- 

 white ; the stripe connecting basal area [p. 471. 



with marginal band of fore wing heavier. R. a. aurifera (Butl.), 



Larvze. 



1. Always dark-coloured in last instar ; ocellus 



on 5 round, pupil dark brown ; horn evenly [p. 468. 



tapering, not flattened laterally R. velata (Walk.), 



Both green and dark-coloured forms in last 



instar ; ocellus rounded, pupil dark 



blue in front, green behind, the green 



containing some white dots 2. 



Always green in last instar 3. 



2. A bright yellow patch on dorsum between 



the ocelli ; horn slightly bulbous and [p. 471. 



flattened laterally R.a. aurifera (Butl.), 



No such patch ; horn not bulbous nor [p. 476. 



flattened laterally R. olivacea (Moore), 



3. Ocellus conical, pupil blue ; horn blue, tip [(Roths.), p. 479. 



clubbed R. a. albomarginatus 



Ocellus flush, pupil dark blue in front, green 

 behind, the green containing a line of white 



dots ; horn evenly tapering, not flattened [Jord., p. 474. 



laterally R. confusa Roths. & 



Pupse. 



1. Cremaster with do rso -lateral spines 2. 



Cremaster without dorso -lateral spines . . 3. 



2. Cremaster wedge-shaped, ending in two 



conical, widely separated, parallel bifid [p. 469. 



shafts ; a dorso -lateral spine near base . . R. velata (Walk.), 

 Cremaster triangular, ending in two shafts 

 coalescing at base, each ending in two 

 curved spines ; a dorso -lateral spine near 



base and another halfway to tip, each [(Roths.), p. 480. 



ending in two minute hooks R.a. albomarginatus 



3. Cremaster triangular, ending in two 



cylindrical shafts, each ending in two 



spines ; two or three bifid spines on edge [p. 472. 



of cremaster near tip R.a. aurifera (Butl.), 



Cremaster triangular, ending in two sharply 

 pointed shafts, each with a spine projecting [p. 477. 



outwards from near its base R. olivacea (Moore), 



171. Rhagastis velata (Walk.). (Fig. 120 A, genitalia; fig. 121, 

 imago ; PI. VI, fig. 14, larva). 



Pergesa velata, Walker, 1866, p. 1853 (Darjiling) ; Butler, 1881 B, 



p. 3, pi. lxxviii, fig. 5. 

 Chserocampa velata, Hampson, 1892, p. 91 (part.). 

 Theretra velata, Dudgeon, 1898, p. 413 (Sikkim & Bhutan, up to 



4,000 ft.). 

 Rhagastis velata, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 793, pi. xiv, fig. 4 (<$) ; 



Seitz, 1929, p. 568, t. 68 d. 



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