HERCULIA. 161 



sinuous oblique white antemedial line ; a postmedial white line 

 excurved between veins 6 and 2. Hind wing with indistinct white 

 ante- and postmedial sinuous lines ; both wings with a white line 

 at base of cilia. 



Hah. Nilgiris. Exp. 20 millim. 



4559. Herculia aurocilialis, Hmpm. III. Het. viii, p. 130, pi. 154 



fig. 19. 



$ • Dark purplish brown, with the red ground-colour only 

 faintly showing in places. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial 

 indistinct dark lines approaching each other towards inner margin 

 of hind wing ; cilia bright golden yellow. 



Hob. Mlgiris. Exp. 36 millim. 



4560. Herculia ochreicilia, Hmpm. III. Het. viii, p. 130, pi. 154, fig. 3. 



S . Dark vinous brown ; hind wing dark red ; both wings 

 with fine waved ante- and postmedial white lines ; some pale 

 specks on costa of fore wing ; cilia very pale yellow. 



Hob. Mlgiris. Exp. 22 millim. 



4561. Herculia pernigralis, Rag. Ann. Soe. Ent. France, 1891, p. 32. 



S . Very dark purplish red ; abdomen tinged with ochreous 

 towards extremity ; both wings with indistinct dark, slightly 

 sinuous ante- and postmedial lines nearly meetiug on innei 

 margin of hind wing, the latter arising from an ochreous spot on 

 costa of fore wing, on which also are some ochreous specks between 

 the two lines ; an obscure discocellular lunule ; the cilia of both 

 wings ochreous. Underside with postmedial grey-edged line. 

 Tarsi ochreous. 



Hob. Ceylon; Eangoon. Exp. 14 millim. 



4562. Herculia marthalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 270. 



Herculia bractealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 808 ; Hmpm. III. Het. ix, 

 pi. 172, fig. 2 ; C.8rS. no. 4512. 



Scarlet suffused with pink. Fore wing with slightly curved 

 antemedial fuscous lines and sinuous postmedial line ; some yellow 

 specks on medial part of costa, often expanding into spots at the 

 origin of the lines. Hind wing redder, with antemedial and 

 medial fuscous lines approaching each other towards inner margin ; 

 cilia of both wings golden yellow. 



Some specimens are more or less completely suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Borneo. Exp., 6 24-30. $ 30-36 millim. 



4563. Herculia igniflualis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 268 ; Hmpm. HI. Het. 



ix, pi. 172, fig. 10 ; C.8r 8. no. 4513. 

 Pyralis dorcasalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 271. 

 Pyralis healealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 902. 

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