84 
ARCTIID^. 
Holocraspedon nigropunctum. (Plate CLVIII. fig. -i.) 
Expanse incli. 
Male. Fore wing white ; a basal black spot below the costa, with a black streak above 
it on the costa ; an antemedial black line bent inwards at middle, and reaching the inner 
margin at centre ; a very prominent black spot towards the end of cell, with a smaller one 
jnst beyond the cell ; a postmedial black line bent outwards at middle and joining the 
antemedial line on inner margin ; some diffused black streaks from its outer edge running 
towards the apex and outer angle ; a series of short black antecilial streaks, which almost 
join one another. Hind wing yellowish white, slight!}^ suffused with black; a fine dusky 
antecilial line on apical half of outer margin. Underside of for-e wing suffused with fuscous, 
especially towards costa and outer margin, and leaving a yellow costal spot before the apex, 
and yellow streaks on the nervules towards outer margin. Hind wing with traces of a 
postmedial dark band, most distinct towards costa. Cilia of both wings yellow. Thorax 
white with black spots ; abdomen grey. 
Cocoon suspended from the underside of a leaf by a thread of woven hairs of the larva ; 
transparent and formed of slightly interlaced hairs, kept together by two stronger transverse 
bands, which cross each other at the middle, as in the figure 8. 
Nepita conferta, IVlh., var. fusca. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 6.) 
Nepita couferta, Wll-. Cat. ii. p. -533. 
Male. The whole of the fulvous markings of the fore wing suffused with brown. 
This is the race that occurs in the Deltota district. 
Lyclene* semifascia, JVlk., var. metamelas, nov. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 11.) 
8etina semifascia, WJh. Cat. ii. p. 521. 
Expanse | inch. 
Male with the end of the abdomen black, as in L. lutara from Java. Both sexes differ 
from the typical form in being smaller and paler, with the black spot at end of cell of fore 
wing small or wanting ; the black markings smaller, and the submarginal band more 
irregularly dentate ; the hind wing is not suffused with fuscous. 
This may be a distinct species. Both this and the typical form are found in the same 
district throughout the year. 
The larva of the typical form is mouse-grey, almost black ; each somite densely covered 
with fine plumose hairs ; a few longer hairs on anterior and posterior somites. 
* This is a synonym of Miltochrista. 
