388 limacodiDjE. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinated, the distal 

 half serrated. 



859. Parasa lepida, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 130 e ; C. fy S. no. 1286 ; 

 Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 128, figs. 2, 2 a, b (larva and cocoon). 

 Neeera media, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1140. 

 Limacodes graciosa, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 50. 

 Nyssia latifascia, Wlk. Cat. v. p. 1136 ; C 8f S. no. 1317. 



S . Head green, red-brown at the sides ; thorax green, with a 



brown stripe on the vertex ; abdo- 

 men brown. Fore wing pea-green ; 

 a red-brown basal patch on the 

 costa ; the outer area red-brown, 

 widest at inner margin. Hind 

 i Iff f^\^ !pS wing yellowish at base, red-brown 



towards outer margin. Legs with 

 Fig. 264. — Parasa lepida, $ . \. the joints pale tipped. 



$ • The red-brown stripe on 

 thorax wider, and nearly the whole of the hind wing red-brown. 



Larva pale green, whitish or bright yellowish green above ; 

 three dorsal mauve or green bands ; subdorsal and sublateral series 

 of short spinous tubercles, the spines of the anterior and 

 posterior tubercles tipped with red. 



Eggs flat and overlapping each other, and covered by a trans- 

 parent cement. 



Cocoon purple-brown. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Java. Exp. $ , 30, 

 $ 42-50 millim. 



860. Parasa repanda, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1141; C$S. no. 1290; Butl. 

 III. Het. vi, pi. 102, fig. 5. 



5 . Differs from lepida in the basal brown patch of the fore 

 wing being broader with an irregular lower edge ; the marginal 

 brown area narrower and even throughout, with a silvery-white 

 line on its inner edge. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Assam. Exp. 52 millim. 



861. Parasa dharma, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 414, pi. xi a, fig. 7. 



Differs from repanda in the head being dark brown; tegulae 

 with only a small green spot. Fore wing with the green area 

 confined to the disk and crescentic in shape, extending from near 

 the base to near the apex ; the marginal band suffused with silvery 

 scales beyond the white line ; a fine dark submarginal line. 

 Hind wing with the basal two-thirds yellow, the brown marginal 

 area more sharply defined. 



Hab. Eangoon ; Java. Exp., S 26, $ 34 millim. 



