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giving rise to a tuft of blackish hairs extending beyond the head on each side ; the other 
somites black, with lateral and dorsal fasciculi of silky-white or greyish hair ; a prominent 
white dorsal spot on the ninth and tenth somites ; a dorsal tuft of blackish hairs on the 
eleventh somite extending backwards. Legs and claspers reddish. 
It spins a loose tawny cocoon mixed with the hairs of the larva, and feeds on coffee, tea, 
Rubns, Rosa, and many shrubs. 
Bembina* apicalis, IF/k. (Plate CLIX. fig. 11 & Plate CLXXV. fig. 11 (larva).) 
Bembina apicalis, Wll: Cat. xxxii. p. 505. 
Expanse If inch. 
Male. Antennae heavily bipectinated. Fore wing glossy tawny ochreous ; an. indistinct 
narrow antemedial curved band composed of two lines of dark brown scales, the area between 
them paler ; a similar postmedian l)and ; a black spot outlined with whitish below the apex, 
and another above the outer angle. Hind wing and underside uniform and rather paler. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochraceous. 
This sex has a very different appearance from the bright orange-red female, with its 
dirty white thorax and anal tuft ; but the bands and spots on the fore wing are alike and the 
larvse are identical. 
Larva. Coloured like that of Artaxa fraterna, but the silky white hairs are collected into 
denser tiafts and recurved over the dorsal area ; the tuft of blackish hairs on the eleventh 
somite is divided into two. 
The larvse feed on the young shoots of various forest trees, and hang suspended in 
mid-air by long silken cords. 
It is only found at an elevation of over 5000 feet. 
Somena* scintillans, Wlk. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 12 (larva).) 
Somena scintillans, Wlh. Cat. vii. p. 1734. 
Larva. Head and first somite red ; second and third slate-coloured ; the third with a 
large pale yellow dorsal spot and transverse orange band ; fourth and fifth somites with a 
compact dorsal cushion of short brown and black hairs ; sixth to tenth somites slate-coloured, 
with a broad pale yellow dorsal stripe and narrow dark medial line and a white lateral 
stripe ; the eleventh somite brown, with two large blackish spots, and the posterior part pale 
yellow ; the anal flap edged with red ; small crimson lateral tubercles on fourth to eleventh 
somites ; a lateral fringe of grey hairs in loose fasciculated tufts, longest at the anterior and 
posterior extremities. 
Feeds on coffee, tea, rose, and various shrubs. 
* This is a synonym of Eiq>roctis. 
