TRICHOCEROTA. By M. Gaede. 
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T, spilogastra Le Gerf (94 i). Body black with a green gloss. The 4th abdominal segment with a red- spilogaslra. 
brown band, the 6th segment margined with red-brown, anal tuft also of that colour. Base of abdomen beneath 
somewhat white, the 4th segment all white, and the beginning of the 5th segment white. Legs black and white. 
Forewing blackish-brown, a blue gloss behind the cell a fine hyaline streak in the cell. Hindwing hyaline 
with a slight blue gloss $ 22 mm. Burma. 
T. dizona Hmps. (94 i). Thorax blackish-brown with a leaden gloss. Abdomen blackish-brown with dizona. 
a narrow golden yellow band at the base of the 5th segment and a broad band on the 7th segment, white 
bands beneath on the 5th and 6th segments. Legs spotted white. Forewing blackish-brown with a coppery 
gloss and a fine hyaline streak below r the cell. Hindwing hyaline. <$ 26 mm Assam, Canton. 
T„ leiaeformis Wkr. Bluish-black. Thorax with a yellow lateral stripe. Abdomen with 3 yellow bands, leiaeformis. 
one at the base, 2 in the centre. Anal tuft yellow. Forewing coppery violet. Hindwdng hyaline. Central China. 
T. cupreipennis Wkr. (94 i). Brown, with a slight mother-of-pearl gloss Two abdominal segmental cuprei- 
margins at the end brownish ochreous. Anal tuft black, orange at the apex. Forewing with brownish ochreous penms. 
scales. Hindwing hyaline. $ 18 mm. South India, Canton. 
T. univitta Hmps. Bluish-black, abdomen with a few orange scales and traces of bands on the 5th univitta. 
and 7th segments. Forewing golden coppery in the marginal area, a narrow hyaline streak in the cell. Hind¬ 
wing hyaline, veins and margins narrow black. $ 24 mm. Sikkim. 
T. brachythyra Hmps. Body black with a blue gloss. Collar and shoulders somewhat orange-red. brachy- 
Legs red and black. Forewing black with a metallic green gloss. Hindwing violet and with a silvery green Ihyra. 
gloss. Hyaline in the cell and below r it in the basal half. The head and the whole anterior half of the thorax 
are carmine in the $. 20—26 mm. Celebes, Canton. 
T. linozona Meyr. Thorax dark violettish-grey, abdomen violettish-brown, the $ with yellowish- linozona. 
white margins on the 5th and 6th segments. Anal tuft brown. Beneath the whole 5th and 6th segments are 
white. Forewing dark violettish-brown, hyaline grey at the inner margin with dark veins. Hindwing hyaline 
violet. Abdomen of $ much narrower in the centre (?). 18—26 mm. Assam. 
T. diplotima Meyr. Thorax dark violettish-grey, with 2 red lines. Abdomen dark bluish-grey, mar- diplotima. 
gined with red on the 2nd and 5th segments, white on the 5th segment beneath. Anal tuft brown. Legs bluish- 
grey with reddish hair. Forewing bluish-brown, diaphanous brown in the inner-marginal half. Hindwing 
brownish ochreous, diaphanous, veins and margins black. $ 22—25 mm. Assam. 
T. erythranches Meyr. Thorax bluish-black with 2 red lines, dusted red on the shoulders. Abdomen erythran- 
blackish with red margins on the 2nd and 5th segments. The 6th and 7th brown. The 5th and 6th beneath cJies - 
red. Legs dark with reddish-yellow hair. Forewing dark brown, costal margin red at the apex, an oval red 
spot at the base, the inner-marginal half somewhat diaphanous. Hindwing diaphanous brownish ochreous. 
$ 22 mm. Sikkim. 
T. antigania Meyr. Thorax black, wdth a blue gloss, behind yellowish-white. Abdomen blackish- aniigama. 
brown, pale yellow' rings on the 4th, 6th and 7th segments. The 4 last segments beneath yellowish white. Legs 
bluish-black with reddish-yellow hair. Forewing dark brown with a hyaline streak in the cell and a short 
one above vein 3. Hindwdng hyaline. ^ 19 mm. North India. 
Subgenus: Zenodoxus Grate. 
Antennae of <$ bipectinate as far as % of their length. The tw 7 o last abdominal segments wdth rough 
scales. Anal tuft large, wdth lateral scales. 
T. proxima Le Cerf (94 i). Body brownish-black, the 3 first abdominal segments above and beneath proximo. 
dull black, then follows a white ring beneath. Legs blackish-brown. Fore wing margined wdth bronze browm, 
the rest hyaline, somewhat reddish. Hindwdng hyaline, 22 mm. Burma. 
T. aurantia Hmps. Thorax black, collar orange. Abdomen black wdth orange bands on the first 6 aurantia. 
segments, the first of which are interrupted in the middle. Underside and legs orange. Abdomen of q some¬ 
what narrower at the base. Forewdng blackish-brown wdth orange scales. The cell, a streak helow r it, and 
the space between veins 4 and 7 hyaline. Orange streaks at the base at the costal and inner margins, as well 
as at the centre of the costal margin. Forewdng hyaline. Costal margin as far as the cell-end and the veins 
orange. Apex, ends of veins, distal and inner margins black. Orange in the $: thorax, the first 6 abdominal 
segments, antennae, and legs. Forewing more intensely orange at the base. 36—40 mm. Assam. 
T. flavicincta Hmps. Body blackish-brown. Metathorax laterally orange. Abdomen with orange flavicinda. 
bands on each segment, anal tuft quite orange. Underside yellowish-white w ith black bands. Forewing blackish- 
