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DICTYOPLOCA; NEORIS; ERIOGYNA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
lindia. 
anna. 
(jrotei. 
simla. 
cachara. 
Iiutio ni. 
stoliczkana. 
; pyretorum■ 
cognata. 
pcarsoni 
C. lindia Mr. (= hockingii Mr.) (Vol. II, pi. 32 b) is above almost quite monotonously grey, the ocelli 
large and surrounded by varied colours, as to further particulars we refer to Vol. II, p. 218. The species lives 
just at the frontier of the region where it occurs both on the cold and still palaearctic part of Cashmir above 
Kulu, and in the adjoining hot valleys of Cashmir with an Indo-Australian fauna. — The form bonita Jord. 
(1. c.) seems to be exclusively palaearctic. 
C, anna Mr. (55 A c) is much more variegated than lindia, the very deeply notched undulate lines are 
filled up with a bright straw-colour, the ocelli with a tiny central streak, inside surrounded with whitish, 
outside with red and then dark. Distal margin of hind wing below the centre with an angular convexity. Sikkim. 
C. gfotei Mr. is similar to anna , smaller, ground-colour browner, the ocellus lacking the tiny light 
central streak is more finely and delicately edged with white; the submarginal undulate line is more reddish- 
yellow than brown, and it lacks the straw-coloured filling. The central area of the hindwing around the ocellus 
is of a brighter purple pink tint. It occurs in the Himalaya from Simla to Sikkim; in the palaearctic region 
it has not yet been ascertained. 
13. Genus: Dictyoploca Jord. 
This genus being separated by furry larvae, a net-cocoon and only 2 subcostal branches in the forewing 
contains but few species which seem to represent each other geographically. As to more detailed differences 
in the structure of the antennae and pupae cf. Vol. II, p. 218. The imagines usually fly late in autumn. 
C. Simla Ww. (55 A c) represents the eastern-palaearctic japonica Bllr. in North-Western British India, 
where it touches palaearctic regions in Cashmir. It is much larger than japonica, mostly also of a darker and 
deeper colouring so that the $ of simla is almost as variegated as the $ of japonica. As to further differences cf. 
Vol. II, p. 218. 
C. cachara Mr. (55 B b) represents simla in Assam. The differs from simla in the brown basal spot 
of the forewing being absent, the small vitreous spot in the forewing being surrounded by a flesh-coloured circle 
which is outside bordered with black. In the eyespot of the hindwing the red and black rings are broader, the 
undulate lines before the marginal area darker. The eggs are deposited in irregular heaps not in mosaic-like 
layers. It was tried to feed the larvae with white thorn (by Watson), but they perished only half grown. It 
will be more advisable to give them Juglans regia. 
14. Genus: Neoris Mr. 
More similar to the genuine Saturnia. A chiefly palaearctic genus characterized at large in Vol. II. 
p. 219. 
N. huttoni Mr. (Vol. II, pi. 31 d). By the habitus of the only species of this genus a transition is formed 
from Caligula thibeta being likewise palaearctic to the Saturnia- group. Like the species of Caligula it varies 
in the ground-colour very much. The typical form is widely distributed in the North-Western Himalaya and 
it also comes down into the hot plains of North-Western India. —- stoliczkana Fldr. (= stoliczkai Mr., shadulla 
Mr., shahidula Mr.) (Vol. II, pi. 31 c) is the large, unicoloured form occurring to the north of the range of 
typical huttoni, but only touching the Indian region in Cashmir, where it occurs yet at great altitudes near 
Yarkand. Other forms of the species, such as galerope Piing. and schenki Stgr. are purely palaearctic and do 
not reach the Indo-Australian Region anymore. Cf. Vol. II, p. 219. 
15. Genus: Eriogyna Jord. 
Still nearer to the genuine Saturnia than the Neoris ; also in the colouring and marking they are very 
similar to this genus, but chiefly separated by a posteriorly club-shaped abdomen terminating in a large dense 
hair-pad. 
E. pyretorum Ww. (= cidosa Mr.) (Vol. II, pi. 31 a). The species inhabiting palaearctic districts in the 
Amurland (cf. Vol. II, p. 221) exhibits an eastern, lighter, larger race with a white ground of the hindwing 
{pyretorum) und a darker, smaller, western race ( luctifera Jord.). The former is distributed on the Pacific coast 
as far as the I. of Hainan, the latter more in Central China. The larvae are in many places very common, for 
instance in the I. of Hongkong. — Moreover, beside the rare cognata Jord. (pi. 31 a) having been described 
in Vol. II and passing over to Indo-Australian districts in Central China, another exclusively Indian form has 
been detached: pearsoni Wts. According to the description, its interior white transverse band on the forewing 
is narrower than in North Chinese specimens, but on the figure added to the description this is not the case. 
Besides the brown colour above is said to be darker, the second red apical spot cf the forewing larger, the anterior 
line of the forewing more remote from the eyespot. From Hainan where, however, the species is said to be less 
