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LYMANTRIID^. 



1085. Euproctis plagiata, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 858 ; C. S,- S. no. 970. 



$ . Differs from icilia in the basal purple-brown area of the 

 fore wing being joined to the postmedial band at the costal as well 

 as inner area, leaving a patch at lower angle of cell and the outer 

 margin yellow ; no black spot at end of cell. 

 Hah. JSTepal. Exp. 60 millim. 



1086. Euproctis madana, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 348 ; C. $ S. no. 948. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. Fore wing yellow, 

 with the basal area brown, running out to a point on the median 

 nervure ; a black spot at end of cell ; a postmedial band excurved 

 beyond cell, widest at costa, and sending a spur to outer margin 

 between veins 5 and 6. Hind wing pale. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millim. 



] 087. Euproctis varia, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 840 ; Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. 

 pi. 9 a, fig. 5 ; C. $ S. no. 974. 



Differs from plana in the abdomen being black above, the anal 

 tuft orange. Fore wing with a red-brown spot near base ; a 

 black spot at end of cell ; an irregular oblique postmedial red- 

 brown band irrorated with dark scales, becoming very much wider 

 from lower angle of cell to inner margin. 



A variety from Sikhim has the whole outer area of the fore 

 wing red-brown, and the hind wing tinged with rufous. 



Hah. Simla; Sikhim; Xagas ; Mergui. Exp., S 46, $58 

 millim. 



1088. Euproctis fiavimaculata, n. sp. 



2 . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen fuscous, the 

 anal segment orange. Tore wing uniform vinous brown, irrorated 

 with dark scales ; a yellow patch at end of cell with a black spot 

 on it. Hind wing greyish white, the central marginal area irro- 

 rated with brown scales. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millim. Type in coll. Knyvett. 



b. Fore wing with black submarginal spots. 



1089. Euproctis marginata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 49 ; C. fy S. no. 969. 

 Chasrotricha quadrangularis, Moore. Lep. Atk. p. £0, pi. ii, fig. 23 ; 



C. Sf S. no. 972. 



Differs from plagiata in having the abdomen black above, except 

 the anal segment and tuft which are orange. Fore wing with the 

 red-brown suffusion darker and better denned from the yellow 

 marginal area, which bears a series of eight black spots. 



The form quadrangularis has one subapical and two medial 

 spots of the series absent ; the hind wing paler. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp., tf 46, $ 60 millim. 



