374 



LIMACODID^E. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 from cell in male, 

 stalked in female. 



817. Scopelodes venosa, wik. Cat. v, p. 1105 ; C. # S. no. 1270. 



Scopelodes ursina, Butl. III. Het. vi, p. 3, pi. 101, figs. 7, 8; C. fy S. 



no. 1269. 

 Scopelodes aurogrisea, Moore, Lep. Cei/l. ii, p. 126. pi. 128, 



figs. 1, 1 a, b (larva and cocoon) ; C. fy S. no. 1265. 

 Scopelodes testacea, Butl. III. Het. v, p. 3, pi. 101, fig. 5 ; C. fy S. 



no. 1268. 



Palpi brown, sometimes tinged with fuscons, the brush whitish 

 at base, black at tip. Head, thorax, and fore wing varying from 

 pale silky ochreous to smoky brown. Hind wing paler. Abdomen 

 yellow, the distal segments terminating in a black spot or some- 

 times dorsally fringed with black ; anal tuft black. 



Fig. 253. — Scopelodes venosa, <$ . !• 



The darkest form venosa, from Sikhim and Sylhet, is smoky 

 brown, with the inner margin of hind wing yellow, the veins on 

 underside standing out pale on a dark ground ; legs almost black. 

 The form ursina, also from Sikhim and Sylhet, is ruddy brown, 

 the hind wing fuscous in male ; aurogrisea, from Ceylon, is paler, 

 the hind wing ochreous, with fuscous margin in both sexes ; 

 testacea, from Sikhim, Sylhet, Moulmein, is pale ochreous without 

 a pale border to hind wing. 



Larva : green above, yellow below ; two rows of large, broad, 

 densely-spined tubercles ; a red, wdnte, and blue transverse dorsal 

 stripe on 8th somite ; a black spot on anal segment. 



Cocoon purple, brown, and oval. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Moulmein ; Ceylon. Exp., $ 51-64, 

 5 74 miliim. 



818. Scopelodes sericea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 63 ; id. III. Het. 

 vi, pi. 101, fig. 6 ; C. # S. no. 1267. 



$ . Differs from venosa in the palpi being more thickly clothed 

 with hair, and uniform fulvous in colour. Wings silky ochreous. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 78 miliim. 



