378 LIMACODID.E. 



Sect. I. Male with tlie antennae bipectinated to tips. 



825. Thosea cana, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 484 ; C. $ S. no. 1295 ; Moore, 



Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 130, figs. 3, 3 a, b (larva). 

 Aphendala transversata, W Ik. Cat. xxxii, p. 495 ; C.fy S. no. 1298. 



Palpi long and slight. Greyish 

 brown ; fore wing with a dark 

 oblique line with light outer edge 

 from centre of costa to inner mar- 

 gin ; a similar but erect line from 

 costa before apex to outer angle ; a 

 dark speck at end of cell. Hind 

 wing slightly browner. 

 Fig. 258.— Thosea cana, tf . \. An ochreous race is found at 



Dalhousie and Murree. 

 Larva green ; a yellowish-white dorsal stripe ; a subdorsal row 

 of short spinous tubercles ; a sublateral row of larger tubercles ; 

 spiracles with pale rings. 



Cocoon purplish brown and oval. 



Hab. Kulu ; Sikhim ; Poona ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., <$ 26, 

 $ 30 millim. 



826. Thosea aperiens, IVlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 476 • C. fy S. no. 1294 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 130, figs. 4, 4 a (larva). 



Differs from cana in having the palpi shorter and stouter and 

 the lines of the fore wing paler ; the first line much further from 

 the base. 



Larva grass-green above, purple-brown below ; subdorsal and 

 sublateral series of spinous tubercles ; a dorsal series of round 

 purple-brown spots and lateral series of oval spots. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp., 6 BO, $ 35 millim. 



827. Thosea tripartita, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 376 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 1299 ; Forsayeth, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, pi. 14, fig. 14 (larva). 



Differs from cana in the basal half of the fore wing being dark 

 brown, the pale line bounding it more erect ; the submarginal 

 pale line outwardly oblique and reaching the margin above outer 

 angle. 



Larva green, with subdorsal series of small and sublateral series 

 of long spinous tubercles ; dorsal and lateral series of blue spots. 



Hab. Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Manpuri ; Ganjarn ; Jubbulpore ; 

 Mhow. Exp. 26 millim. 



828. Thosea recta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix, ined., pi. 160, fig. 3. 



J . Differs from tripartita, in having the fore wing slightly more 

 produced at apex, and suffused with white below the costa and 



