ZYGiEKA.. DENDEOCEEA. 231 



Male with three, female with two crimson rings on the terminal 

 segments of abdomen. 



In the var. asoha the spots on fore wing are smaller. Hi 'id 

 wing with black the predominant colour, the crimson being reduced 

 to patches. Males from Nepal in the British Museum are exactly 

 intermediate between the two forms. 



Hah. Kashmir ; Kangra ; Punjab ; Nepal. Exp., rf 30, $ 38 

 millim. 



474. Zygaena erythrosoma, n. sp. 



$ . Differs from typical caslimirensis in being "without t\e 

 yellow spots on the collar, and in having the whole of the terminal 

 segments of the abdomen crimson. 



Hah. Almora. Exp. 36 millim. Type in B. M. 



B. Fore wing with red spots. 



47 5. Zygaena afghana, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 286, pi. vii a, fig. 1 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 211. 



$ . Fore wing with the spots red, with narrow white edges and 

 very large, the basal spot occupying the whole base of wing ; the 

 interno-median spot joined to the subcostal one. Hind wing red, 

 with narrow black border. Collar and abdomen, except basal seg- 

 ments, red. 



Hah. Afghanistan ; Quetta. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus DENDROCERA. 



Dendrocera, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined. 



Type, D. quadripunctata, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



Antennae bipectinated in male, simple in female, the branches in 

 the former sex widely separated, the secondary branches standing 

 out from them in the same plane. Palpi porrect and of moderate 

 length. Mid and hind tibiae with one pair of spurs. Wings shoit 

 and broad. Hind wing with the upper portion of cells shorter than 

 the lower ; vein 6 absent. 



476. Dendrocera quadripunctata, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., pi. 157, 

 fia-.2. 



Fig. 1 46. — Dendrocera quadripunctata, J . J. 



