39S limacodid^e. 



whitish, spotted and streaked with red-brown marks forming in- 

 distinct bands, the most prominent being a red-brown spot below 

 middle of cell, two in the end of it, and one beyond ; a black dot 

 beyond lower angle of cell and two on margin below apex. Hind 

 wing silvery white, with a dark dot on margin beloAV apex. 



Larva pale green, with indistinct dorsal and lateral rows of 

 bluish-green dots and longitudinal lines and a sublateral row of 

 white dots. 



Cocoon oval and whitish. 



Hah. Nagas ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon; Java. Exp. 28 millim. 



890. Altha rufotessellata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 73, pi. 3, fig. 24 ; C. $ S. 



no. 1320. 



Differs from aclala in the ground-colour of the fore wing being 

 ochreous, more closely and evenly distributed; the broken brownish- 

 orange bands of fore wing and spot at end of cell being more 

 prominent. Hind wing bright orange. Underside orange, yellow 

 towards outer margin. 



Hub. Simla ; Sikhim. Exp. 34 millim. 



B. Fore wing ivith vein 10 from end of cell. 



891. Altha contaminata, Empsn. III. Set. Tin, p. 63, pi. 142, fig. 3. 



Differs from adala in the ground-colour of the thorax and 

 fore wing being whiter ; fore wing with the markings more 

 prominent. The abdomen, the whole of hind wing except costa, 

 and underside suffused with black ; hind wing with a marginal 

 series of black dots. 



Sab. Nilgiris, 6000-8000 feet. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus NAROSA. 

 Narosa, Wlk, Cat, v, p. 1151 (1855). 



Type, iV". conspersa, "Wlk. 



Range. Peninsular India and Ceylon ; Naga Hills ; Borneo ; 

 Java. 



Antennae ciliated in male, simple in female. Palpi reaching 

 vertex of head. Mid tibia with one pair of spurs, hind tibia with 

 two pairs. Pore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with 

 veins 6 and 7 stalked. 



892. Narosa conspersa, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1151 ; C. $ 8. no. 1319 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 132, figs. 2,2a,b (larva). 

 Narosa velutina, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 171. 



Head and thorax white, slightly spotted with red-brown. Pore 

 wing yellowish white, spotted and streaked with red-brown marks, 

 forming indistinct broken transverse oblique lines ; a large ferru- 



