narcissus. 
indica. 
javanica. 
ph i 1 ippi nen- 
sis. 
orlhoxantha. 
trichocera. 
pulchra. 
fuscithorax. 
exacta. 
atrisuffusa. 
olivascens. 
iurneri. 
400 GADIRTHA. By M. Gaede. 
peculiar characteristics, such as its flattened abdomen, its low thorax and strange, subuliform palpi with a long 
porrect, nail-shaped terminal joint, the punctiform marking on the frons and patagia, which occurs almost 
only iu Arctiids , and so forth. Above all. it is the larva representing a scantily haired tree-larva which resembles 
Hypsid larvae, but morphological researches have proved in the meantime that the Eligma which are genuine 
Sarrothripinae are certainly allied with the Gadirtha from which they differ in hardly anything else but the 
variegated colouring characteristic of most of (not all) the Eligma. They were therefore also dealt with once 
more in Vol. 3 (p. 291) and adjoined to the Gadirtha. 
E. narcissus Cr. (31 h [under surface] and Vol. 2, ph 13 1). Typical narcissus occur in the Palaearctic 
Region where they are not rare in China, especially around Ailanthus glandulosa. In this country, however, 
they cross in the south also the frontier of the Indo-Australian Region, but in Indo-China they assume a some¬ 
what different shape, losing the white rays in the distal area of the hindwing and also the beautiful blue re¬ 
flection in the forewing; this is the form indica Rothsch. — The form from Java — javanica Rothsch. — show's 
a broad black marginal band on the hindwing, the interior border of which is more uniformly margined. — In 
philippinensis Rothsch. the dorsal spots of the abdomen are much reduced and the blackish punctiform spots 
at the base of the forewing are somewhat larger instead. — The larva is of a bright sulphur colour, with fine 
dark transverse bands, thin long white hair, the head above black; it lives on foliage-trees and pupates in a 
thick woolly web. 
E. orthoxantlia Lower (37 h). Forewing lilac brown. A few black spots at the base. Interior line also 
composed of black dots. A white spot behind it at % costal margin with an adjoining white line, a black dentate 
line behind it across the middle of the inner margin, and a row of black dots below the costal margin. Reniform 
macula edged with white. Submarginal line of white rings. Hindwing dark brown. 56 mm. Only 1 $ known 
from Queensland. 
32. Genus: (nadirilia Wkr. 
One of the species (G. inexacta Wkr.) penetrating into the Palaearctic Region, the genus has already 
been dealt with in Vol. 3, p. 292. It was also treated upon in Vol. 15, p. 188, in the African species glaucographa 
Hmps. Most of the species occur in the Indo-Australian Region, only two in America: candezei and cerussata.. 
Type: inexacta Wkr. As to the habits see p. 383. 
1. Antennae of G very long ciliated. 
G. trichocera Hmps. Forewing brownish ochreous, with a bluish green tint, over it here and there. 
Interior line double, undulate, outward as far as the submedian fold. Black scales in the centre of the cell, reni¬ 
form macula round, black. A black line behind it inward to the costal margin. A black round spot behind the 
lower cell-angle, an elliptical spot at the base of vein 2 and a round one at vein 1 at the interior line. Exterior 
line black, double, oblique as far as behind the cell, then single, inward. Submarginal line finely white. Hind¬ 
wing white, broadly dark at the margin. $: costal margin green at the base, the cell white, the black spots 
of the G are absent, but there are black spots at the inner margin before the interior line and behind the ex¬ 
terior line. 34—36 mm. One couple known from New Guinea. 
2. Antennae of G shorter ciliated. 
G. pulchra Btlr. (37 h). Forewing brownish wdiite. Interior line black, vertical, outside of it another 
feeble line. The ring-macula is a pink shadow, reniform macula very large, finely edged with black, with a 
small dark centre. Exterior line distinctly black, from % costal margin to the distal margin below vein 2, traces 
of a feeble double parallel line before it. A dark oblique patch behind it at the costal margin. Hindwing white, 
narrowly brownish at the margin. — fuscithorax Strd. The anterior half in the median area may also be dark 
red-brown. — 40—50 mm. South India, Ceylon, Philippines, Queensland. 
G. exacta Smpr. (= sara Swh.) (37 h). Forewing reddish brown. The dark interior line quite indistinct, 
incurved below the cell, extending above the inner margin almost to the exterior line. Black scales in the centre 
of the cell, reniform macula with a black central dot, round, edged with black, projecting outward in the middle. 
Exterior line double in front, in a large bow around the reniform macula, then notched, single, inward. Behind 
it at the apex a light triangle with darker spots, a pale submarginal line below it. Hindwing white, broadly 
brown at the margin. The forewing may also be blackish brown from the cell-end to the exterior line: atri- 
suffusa Strd. — or uniformly brown with an olive green reflection: olivascens Strd. — 35—42 mm. Philippines, 
Amboina, New Guinea. The green, scantily and irregularly haired larva in its youth distantly resembles that 
of Demas coryli, though the hair-tufts are differently arranged. It cocoons on the bark in a dense, but very 
flat web in which the thin-shelled smooth yellow pupa which is likewise very flat, produces a scratching noise 
with the posterior margin by rubbing a chitinous listel on a few harp-like stretched silk cords, similar to the 
stridulant sound of a large cicada ( Gaeana maculata) living on these trees. 
G. turneri B.-Bak. (38 a). Similar to a badly marked exacta. Interior line of forewing outward as far 
as the submedian fold, introangular at vein 1. Ring-macula and reniform macula also similar to exacta, the reni- 
