SUANA. — LEBEDA. 407 



subbasal spot ; a silvery-white spot at end of cell ; two anternedial, 

 a medial, and two postmedial dark waved lines ; a subraarginal 

 lunulate line, with yellow marks more or less prominent in the 

 undulations. Hind wing darker red-brown. 



Some specimens lose the white spot and others are very dark. 



$ . Much paler ; the markings similar ; fore wing with a small 

 grey patch at base. 



The form ampla = concolor has lost the white spot at end of cell 

 of fore wing which is present in bimaculata ; all the intergrades are 

 represented. 



Larva pale brown covered with numerous black striae ; 2nd and 

 3rd somites with raised dorsal humps covered with close black or 

 dark brown hair ; some specimens (or a younger stage ?) have small 

 white-haired dorsal papillae on 4th to 10th somites, each with a 

 pair of red-brown papillae in front and a pair of crimson papillae 

 on each side ; 11th somite with a black dorsal tuft ; lateral brown 

 tufts on each somite ; head longitudinally banded with black. 



Hah. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Philippines ; Java. Exp., 

 <3 52-64, $ 106-146 millim. 



Genus LEBEDA. 

 Leheda, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1453 (1855). 



Type, L. nobilis, Wlk. 



Range. The Himalayas ; Assam Hills ; Sylhet. 



Palpi long and broad. Antennae with the branches gradually 

 decreasing to apex in male, short throughout in female ; mid and 

 hind tibiae with a minute terminal pair of spurs. Pore wing broad, 

 the apex rounded ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; the stalk of veins 9 and 

 10 short. Hind wing with the costa deeply excised ; veins 4 and 

 5 from end of cell ; 8 nearly touching 7 ; slight accessory costal 

 veinlets. 



904. Lebeda nobilis, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1456 ; C. $ S. no. 1465 ; Butl. 

 III. Het. v, pi. 100, figs. 5, 6. 



<5 . Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi black at sides and 

 below ; abdomen redder brown. Fore wing pale brown ; two 

 oblique anternedial pale lines, which nearly meet on the inner 

 margin ; a w T hite spot at end of cell ; two postmedial pale curved 

 lines ; a dark streak from the middle of cell to outer area, where it 

 expands into a large marginal patch ; a very indistinct lunulate 

 submarginal line with two dark spots on it near the outer angle. 

 Hind wing red-brown, with two pale curved postmedial lines. 

 Underside : the basal area of both wings red-brown ; the outer 

 area pale, with two postmedial lines. 



2 . More uniform red-brown varying to grey-brown ; fore wing 

 with the postmedial lines straighter and without the dark streak. 



