484 



LVMANTIUlDyl;. 



b. Fore wing with submarginal black spots. 



1103. Euproctis bipunctapex, Rmpm. III. Set. viii, p. 57, pi. 140, 

 fig. 13. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft brownish 

 yellow. Fore wing red-brown, irrorated with dark scales; the 

 marginal area yellow, with a spur from the brown area to the centre 

 of outer margin ; two subapical black spots. Hind wing brown, 

 with a broad, marginal, yellow band. 



In some specimens a brown spot at the end of the cell of the 

 fore wing is visible, and a male from the Naga Hills has only one 

 subapical spot. 



Hab. China ; Kangra ; Nagas ; Nilgiris ; Burma. Exp,, g 24, 

 $ 26-40 millim. 



1104. Euproctis atomaria, Wlh. Cat. iv, p. 796 ; Butl. III. Het. v, pi. 90, 



fig. 2 ; C.&8. no. 903. 

 Arna apicalis, Wlh. Cat. v, p. 1177 ; C. # S. no. 902. 



Differs from bipunctapex in being deeper red-brown, with the 

 marginal yellow band of fore wing narrower, and in the hind wing 

 reduced to a fine line. 



Larva olive-green, sparsely clothed with fine hair ; a broad, 

 dorsal, reddish band with a fine black line on it ; black dorsal 

 tubercles on 4th, 5th, and 11th somites. 



Hab. Moulmein ; Ceylon. Exp., <$ 28-30, £ 38 millim. 



1105. Euproctis magna, Svomh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 479. 



$ . Head and thorax greyish fuscous ; abdomen brownish, the 

 anal tuft brownish ochreous. Wings purplish grey; fore wing 

 irrorated with dark scales ; one subapical black spot ; the margin 

 and cilia yellow. Hind wing with the outer margin paler. 



A specimen from Burma has two subapical black spots and only 

 the cilia yellow. 



Rob. Khasis ; Bernardmyo. Exp. 64 millim. 



Genus P0RTHESIA. 

 Porthesia, Stepk. III. Brit. Ent.,Haust. ii, p. 65 (1829). 



Type, P. auriflua, Hiibn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe; Africa; Madagascar; throughout India, Ceylon, 

 and Burma ; Java; Australia; Tasmania; Christmas Island. 



Palpi long, slender, and obliquely pointed ; antennae with the 

 branches long in male. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle 



