POBTIIESIA. 



485 



of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 and often 7 

 also being given off towards apex. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 absent ; 6 and 7 stalked. 



1106. Porthesia xanthorrhcea, Koll. HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 470; 

 C. $ S. no. 958. 

 Euproctis suMita, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 400 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 112, figs. 5, 5a ; C. 8? S. no. 930. 

 Euproctis virguncula, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 836; Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. 



pi. 16, figs. 3, 3 a (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 932. 

 Euproctis niarginalis, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1731 ; Butl. III. Het. v, 



pi. 89, fig. 12 ; C.8r S. no. 929. 

 Euproctis subnigra, Moore, Lep.Atk. p. 48; C. 8f S. no. 931. 

 Euproctis flavonigra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 400, pi. 32, fig. 11 : 



C. 8f S. no. 939. 



c? . "White, with a very slight fuscous tinge ; the branches of 



antennae brownish ; anal tuft 

 orange ; the whole apical and 

 outer areas of hind wing on upper- 

 side, and the underside of both 

 wiags, except the outer margin, 

 suffused with black. 



In the form virguncula the 



only trace of black suffusion on 



either wing is on the underside of 



costa of fore wing ; in flavonigra 



the fore wing is bright ochreous, 



the hind wing black with the base white, the cilia ochreous ; all 



the intermediate stages occurring. 



$ without any black suffusion. 



Larva black ; head striped with white ; 1st somite with a 

 crimson band ; a dorsal series of yellow spots with a crimson line 

 through them on 2nd, 3rd, and 6th to 10th somites ; 1st somite 

 with long forwardly-projecting tufts of black hair ; the other 

 somites with shorter tufts. 



Rah. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Java. Exp., $ 

 28, $ 37 millim. 



Fig. 322. 

 Porthesia, xanthorrhcea, S • 



1107. Porthesia aurantiaca, n. sp. 



<$ . Head and legs orange ; thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen 

 blackish. Fore wing with the basal two-thirds bright orange ; the 

 outer third dark red-brown. Hind wing bright orange ; the cilia 

 tinged with red-brown, especially towards apex. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 24 millim. Type in coll. Moore. 



