ROES ELIA. Bv Dr. A. Seitz. 
Ill 
R. strigivena Hmps. (131), smaller than the preceding forms; forewing brownish-yellow, with rich, strigivena. 
varied markings from which the brown costal spot stands forth rather indistinctly. Hindwing pale yellow- 
brown, with dark suffusion on apex and margin. From Sikkim. 
R. denticulata Moore (131), a good-sized species; forewings dull white, shaded with ochreous in dmticulala. 
places, traversed by an irregular, brown, dark spotted band, narrow at the middle of costa, broadest at the 
inner margin, and on the median vein distally, on submedian proximally sharply dentate. From Sikkim. 
R. metallopa Mctyr. (13 m) is one of the commonest species, distinguished by a broad, regular, coppery tnetallopa. 
brown median band with dark central line traversing the middle of the silvery-grey forewings; larva covered 
with large tubercles and with short rough hair; 3 pairs of prolegs; feeding on young rubber trees. 
When full-grown, the 4 head-shells appear like a shield slightly held downward behind. Everywhere in 
Sydney, in the orange-groves on the Paramatta, in Queensland and Victoria. 
R. semirufa Hmps. (13e) has the silvery-white ground-colour almost completely obliterated by the semirufa. 
varied, irregular markings, the outer third of forewing marked with crimson; base and discus traversed by 
undulate bands of fuscous; fringes alternating yellow and brown. Hindwing yellow-fuscous. From Sikkim. 
R. cuneifera Wkr. (= ruficostata Hmps.) (13 f). Forewing, especially ot base, deep coppery brown; cuneifera. 
distal area paler, traversed by an irregular dark wavy line, and separated from the basal half by a dark 
transverse streak bent over at apex of cell. From the Himalayas and from Sarawak in Borneo. 
R. leucospila Trnr. (131). Forewings dark brown, traversed by numerous irregular dark stripes. On leucospila. 
forewing the basal half along inner margin, in 2 the entire basal area lighter. From Queensland. 
R. ascripta Hmps. (13 f), pale yellow-fuscous, forewings without transverse band or lines, but with ascripta. 
dark brown longitudinal streak along costa. Hindwings dirty yellowish-white in anal area. Head and collar 
whitish, From the Naga Hills in Assam. 
R. lignifera Wkr. (= ustipennis Hmps.) (13 h), somewhat smaller than ascripta , like this without lignifera. 
transverse band on forewing which is brown with blackish costal band. Hindwings dark brown, those of cf 
paler at inner margin. India and Ceylon, also Java and Borneo. — Larva on Terminalia catapa, white with 
white spines, between which a sort of white fluffy down. Above the head the old head-shells supported on 
white hair. Pupa in brownish cocoon; imago emerges after 8 days. 
R. flavibasis Tlmps. (13a). Forewing pale straw-yellow, faintly margined with brownish. Before the flavibasis. 
outer third a dark punctate row in a brown oblique shade; before the margin a chain of shadowy spots. 
Hindwings dark fuscous. Discovered near Colombo (Ceylon) by Mackwood. 
R. indistincta Hmps. (13 m) is unknown to me, nor did I see it either in the Tring or British Museum, indistincta. 
From the Naga Hills in Assam. In the figure the wings' appear more dirty yellowish-brown than in the 
preceding form, with indistinct shadowy streaks. Around the apex a curved row of distinct spots; rather 
smaller than the allied forms. 
R. fola Swinh. (13 b); dirty yellow-grey, forewing with brown transverse band, tapering from the fola. 
middle of the inner margin to the apex, with its inner margin turning at a sharp angle on the median and 
continuing to costa; from the point of intersection the costa is shaded with dark fuscous as far as the apex. 
Farther India and Ceylon. 
R. basifusca B.-Balc. (13h). Head and collar whitish, thorax and abdomen brownish. Forewing with basifusca. 
basal third and anal region brown; otherwise greyish-white. Antemedian line very ill-defined, dark grey, 
deeply dentate, preceded by a violet-brown band; postmedian line serrate; a terminal line projecting outwards 
below the apex. Hindwings whitish, shaded with grey near margin. Dinawa, September. A large form. 
