EUPROCTIS. 477 



1076. Euproctis digramma, GuSr., Cuv. Icon. R. Anim., Ins. p. 508, 

 pi. 86, fig. 4 ; C. 8f S. no. 908 (part.). 

 Artaxa unimacula, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 399 ; C. 8f S. no. 920. 



Head, thorax, and fore wings 

 bright orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 more or less tinged with fuscous, 

 the anal tuft orange ; fore wing 

 with ante- and postmedial curved 

 pale lines, the space between 

 ¥\g. 311. —Euproctis digramma, tf . \. them being slightly powdered 



with dark scales towards inner 

 margin ; two prominent subapical black spots. Hind wing paler. 

 The form unimacula has only one subapical spot to fore wing. 

 Hob. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Java. Exp., 

 S 25-34, $ 40 millim. 



1077. Euproctis guttata, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 795. 



Artaxa digramma, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 112, figs. 1,1a; C. 8f S. 



no. 908 (part.), nee Bombyx digramma, Guer. 

 Artaxa pelona, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 138. 



Differs from digramma in having no fuscous on abdomen ; the 

 fore wing with an orange spot at end of cell, and an additional 

 black spot towards outer angle. 



Some specimens have the two pale lines of the fore wing more 

 or less outlined with red-brown or fuscous, and the space between 

 them filled in with fuscous. The submarginal black spots are 

 occasionally almost or completely obsolete. 



Larva black, the head chestnut ; long anterior and short lateral 

 tufts of grey hair ; the thoracic somites with dorsal grey tufts ; 

 the others with dorsal tufts of short brown hair. 



Hab. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma Exp., S 30, $ 

 40 millim. 



1078. Euproctis fraterna, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii ; p. 85 ; Hmpsn. Ill 

 Set ix, pi. 176, fig. 2 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 911. 



S . Differs from guttata in its smaller size, and the fore wing 

 being shorter and squarer. 



$ sometimes with an almost complete submarginal series of 

 black spots to fore wing. 



Larva. Head crimson ; body black ; the 1st somite with long 

 lateral tufts of black hair rising from prominent tubercles ; the 

 other somites with dorsal and lateral tufts of white hair ; subdorsal 

 pale lines ; 9 th and 10th somites with white dorsal spots; 11th 

 somite with a dorsal black tuft. 



Hah. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. Exp., S 24, 

 2 30-38 millim. 



