368 THYRIDID.E. 



paler centres ; a marginal red-brown band striated with black, with 



Fig. 248. — Herdonia osacesalis 



a black line on its inner edge and another through the centre, 

 beyond which the colour is paler. 



Hob. China; Sylhet; Rangoon. Exp. 46 millim. 



Genus DYSODIA. 



Dysodia, Clemens, Pr. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. 1860, p. 349. 

 Platythyris, Gr.fy R. Ann. N. Y. Lye. viii, p. 361 (1867). 

 Varnia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 69 (1864). 

 Pachythyris, Feld. Reis. Nov., Lep. pi. 75, fig. 1 (1867). 



Type, D. vitrina, Boisd., from N. America. 



Range. N. and S. America ; throughout India, Ceylon, and 

 Java. 



Palpi thickly scaled, upturned, reaching above vertex of head, 

 the third joint acute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Legs with 

 femora and tibiae very hairy. Fore wing excurved at veins 2, 3, 4 ; 

 veins 7, 8, 9 from close to the angle of cell. Hind wing with 

 vein 5 from lower angle of cell ; the outer margin irregular and 

 excised below the apex. Thorax and abdomen stout. 



811. Dysodia ignita, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 825; C. # 8. no. 2211. 



Varnia fenestrate, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 376 ; C. $ S. no. 2210. 

 Varnia taprobana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 67, pi. 151, fig. 7 ; C. 8f S. 



no. 2214. 

 Varnia inaequalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 828 ; C. fy S. no. 2212. 

 Pachythyris siculoides, Feld. Rets. Nov., Lep. pi. 75, fig. 1. 

 Pachythyris rajah, Boisd. LSp. Htt. p. 492 ; C. $ S. no. 210. 



Head and collar dark red-brown ; thorax, abdomen, and wings 



dark red -brown or ochreous suf- 

 fused with fiery red ; wings with 

 numerous brown stria?. Pore wing 

 with an irregular dark band wide 

 at costa ; an oblique subapical line 

 from the costa to outer margin ; 

 a submarginal band from vein 4 

 to inner margin, sometimes re- 

 duced to a fine line. Hind wing 



Fig. 249. 

 Dysodia ignita, <$ . 



