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the apex white. Hinclwing black with a very intense violet lustre. The $ differs from the chiefly by the 
blackish-brown, lustreless colouring of the forewing, the veins of which are grey, and by the greyish-brown 
siamica. hindwing. Length of forewing: $ 20, $ 16 mm. Celebes. — siamica Hmps. (26 i) is lighter with greyish-brown 
forewings and abdomen. Siam. 
17. Genus: Utetlielsa Hbn. 
Distinguished from Baroa by the shorter palpi, mostly ciliated $ antennae, the shorter spurs and longer, 
narrow forewing. Vein 2 rises above beyond the middle of the cell and is oblique; 3 far before the lower cell- 
angle; 5 far above the angle; 6 below the upper angle; 7, 8, 9 and 10 on a footstalk; an areola is frequently 
present; 11 separate. Vein 2 of the hindwing rises before the middle of the cell; 3 distinctly before the lower 
cell-angle; 5 distinctly above the angle; 7 right before the upper angle; 8 before the middle of the cell. About 
22 forms, 10 of which occur in Indo-Australia. 
pulchella. U. pulchella L. (= pulchra Ik. F.) (Vol. II, t. 13 k). antennae blackish-brown, finely ciliated; 
head, collar and thorax creamy-white with black and yellow spots; abdomen white. Forewing creamy-white, 
strewn with black and larger red dots. Hindwing faintly transparent, purely white, with a broad, irregular, 
black distal-marginal band and a large, black discoidal spot. $ the same. Length of forewing: 18 to 23 mm. 
thy tea. It is found in the north, west and central parts of India and Eastern Australia. — In ab. thy tea Btlr. the 
black dots are almost entirely absent. For further particulars vid. Vol. II, p. 73. 
antennata. U. antennata Sivinh. (13 k) differs from 'pulchella by the bicombed antennae and the narrow, regular, 
black margin of the hindwing, from which a black streak extends along vein 5 to the cell-angle. Nicobars. 
lotrix. U. lotrix Cr. (= pulchelloides Hmps.) (24 g) differs from pulchella chiefly by the serrate-dentate antennae 
and the presence of a fold in the with a scent-organ at the abdominal margin. On an average, the imago 
is smaller than pulchella, and the black and red spots (particularly in the east of its range) are much smaller. 
In the typical locality (the eastern coast of India) the red spots are large and mostly flown together. In the 
Indo-Australian range, in India, Ceylon, Malacca, the Malayan Islands, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and in 
North Australia. In the African region this species occurs in the Seychells, Cargados Islands, Amirants, and 
salomonis. the C-hagos Archipelago. • — salomonis Bothsch. (24 g) differs from the type by the prominent black spots on 
the forewing and the very broad, black margin of the hindwing, enclosing a round white spot. Salomons Islands. 
stigmata. ■—- stigmata Bothsch. (13 k) differs from the type by the still broader black margin of the hindwing not enclosing 
rubra, a white spot, and by the large black discoidal spot. -—- ab. rubra ab. nov. is almost without black dots on 
the forewing, and the red spots are merged to such an extent that the whole wings are almost red. New Cale- 
marshalla- donia and Friendship Islands. — marshallarum Bothsch. (24 g) differs from the other forms of lotrix by its 
rum. ] ar g er s j Z6) pk e that G f a i ar g e pulchella, by the very much reduced black spots, and by the narrow margin of 
the hindwing. Marshall Islands. 
pectinata. U. pectinata Hmps. (13 k) differs from pulchella by the bicombed antennae and the anal fold of the 
ruberrima. hindwing with a scent-organ. North Australia. — ruberrima Bothsch. (13 k) differs from pectinata pectinata 
by the large extent of the red colouring on the forewing and the very broad, black distal-marginal band of the 
hindwing, enclosing a round, white spot. Friendship Islands. 
semara. U. semara Moore (24 g). Head and thorax whitish with black dots; upper-surface of abdomen grey, 
with lateral rows of black dots. Forewing ashy with black dots. Costal margin carmine, an interrupted carmine 
band along vein 1, a red spot on vein 2, and a submarginal carmine band along the distal margin. Hindwing 
almost hyaline white, with a regular, broad, blackish-grey distal-marginal band. Length of forewing: 22 mm. 
Java. 
sumatrana. U. sumatrana Bothsch. (24 g). <$: head and thorax orange-yellow; abdomen white. Forewing orange- 
red, a median white stripe runs from the base to 3 / 4 of the cell, a roundish, creamy spot encircled by black is 
above it, and a similar one at the cell-end, vein 1 beginning from the base broadly creamy, fringes white, 
hindwing semi-hyaline, white. Length of forewing: 19 mm. North East Sumatra. One of the 3 has some 
creamy and black roundish spots more on the wings. 
18. Genus: Ifihodogastria Hbn. 
Tongue fully developed; palpi turned upward, reaching the upperhead, the joints smoothly scaled; 
antennae of the d feebly ciliated; the inner spurs of the tibiae long; abdomen smoothly scaled. Costa of the 
forewing towards the apex very convex; vein 3 rises almost at the cell-end; 5 above the lower cell-angle; 6 
below the upper angle; 9 before 10 which is fused with 8 forming a long areola; 11 separate. Vein 3 of the 
