Ho. 2. 3 ^«W &'# i«*«?k 0/ iadta. 89 



Ocinara comma (Hutton, Trans. Eat. Soc. Lond. 3,11, p. 330, 1864—66). 



In the Indian Museum are moths which are thought to be Hut- 

 ton's type specimens of this species from Dehra Dun (2,300 feet eleva- 

 tion in the North- West Himalayas), where, according to Hutton, they 

 are found upon mango trees. They are very similar in appearance, and 

 seem to be closely allied to O. lactea. 



Ocinara diaphana, Moore. 



This species was described by Moore (Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk. I, p. 83, 

 1879) from the Khasia hills in Assam. Nothing seems to be known about 

 it beyond Moore's note that the male moth differs from 0. lactea of 

 Hutton "in the absence of the black markings on the forewiug and on 

 the abdominal margin." These appear to be characters of very second- 

 ary importance, so it may reasonably be inferred that, like 0. comma and 

 0. lida, it is t very closely related to 0. lactea. 



Other Indian Bombycid^. 



Aristhala sihkima (Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 406, pi. 33. fig. 3) 

 from Sikkim, Aristhala thwaitesii (Moore, Lep. Ceyl. II, p. 136, pi. 

 33, fig. 2, 1882 from Ceylon, and Primosticta fenestrata, Butler (111., 

 Typ. Lep. Het. B. M. VI, p. 20, pi. 106, fig. 5, 1886) are usually 

 included in the family of Bombycidce ; so, they are noticed here, though 

 nothing is known of them beyond the bare descriptions and figures which 

 have been published of the moths. There are no specimens of them in 

 the Indian Museum, and it is even doubtful whether they spin cocoons; 

 so, they may be neglected in considering the silk-producing species which 

 are to be found in India. 1 



1 The species — Hanisa subnotata (Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Ill, p, 188, 1859 ; and 

 Moore, P. Z. S., 1879, p. 406) — given erroneously in the Catalogue of the Moths of India a3 

 occurring both in Singapore and India, has only as yet been recorded from Singapore ; so, 

 it does not enter into the geographical area under consideration in this paper. 



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