308 pyralidjE. 



beyond lower angle of cell, with a patch below them on inner 

 area ; an irregular outwardly oblique postmedial line terminating 

 on vein 2, with spots and streaks beyond it. Hind wing with 

 spots at base and in cell ; a postmedial series of spots bent out- 

 wards between veins 5 and 2; an irregular submarginal series o£ 

 spots. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Pulo Laut ; Sumbawa. Exp., S 22, 

 $ 24millim. 



4897. Dichocrocis festivalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 872 ; C. $ S. 



no. 4033. 



$ . Orange-yellow ; a black spot on shoulders ; fore tibia? and 

 tarsi spotted with black ; abdomen with a black speck on anal tuft. 

 Pore wing with large black spot near base of costa and another on 

 inner margin ; a sinuous antemedial black band ; a speck in cell 

 and large discocellular spot ; a sinuous postmedial band, with 

 waved outer edge bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; a marginal 

 fuscous-black band, broadest at apex and outer angle. Hind wing 

 with sinuous black postmedial band bent outwards between veins 

 5 and 2 ; a marginal fuscous-black band narrowing to anal angle. 



Hah. Bombay. Exp. 22 millim. 



4898. Dichocrocis nigrilinealis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1410. 

 Haritala tigrina, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 312, pi. 182, fig. 5 ; 



C. $ 8. no. 4327. 

 Botys demeter, Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 586. 



White suffused with bright golden yellow; fore legs spotted 

 with black ; thorax striped with orange ; abdomen banded with 

 orange ; a black spot at base of anal tuft. Fore wing with two 

 subbasal orange lines, the former black towards costa and with an 

 orange patch beyond it ; an antemedial orange line with black spot 

 on it at costa ; a large black discocellular spot ; a postmedial line 

 with black spot on it at costa, and oblique to vein 2, along which 

 it is retracted ; a curved submarginal line projecting inwards and 

 meeting the postmedial line at vein 2. Hind wing with oblique 

 subbasal and antemedial lines, the latter connected by a streak along 

 vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is joined at vein 2 by a 

 submarginal line; cilia of each wing grey, with a black line at base. 



The typical form has the ground-colour rather more uniform 

 yellow than the form tigrina. 



Hah. Dharmsala; Sikhim; Khasis ; Bombay ; Mlgiris ; Ceylon; 

 Lower Burma ; Cambodia ; Sula, Celebes ; Mysol. Exp. 26- 

 36 millim. 



4899. Dichocrocis definita, Butt. III. Het. vii, p. 97, pi. 135, fig. 9. 



Differs from nigrilinealis in being yellowish fuscous, with no 

 orange tints ; the anal tuft orange and black. Fore wing with the 

 subbasal, ante- and postmedial lines black with pale outlines ; the 

 2nd subbasal line brown. Hind wing with the subbasal line brown 



