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tinged with fuscous in the female, with yellow in the male. Nola argen - 
lalis, Mo., is found in Sikkim, its larva being stated by Dudgeon to mimic 
a Coccid which lives on the same leaves. Rceselia fold, Swinh., was found 
by de Niceville in Calcutta on country almond ( Terminalia catappa) and 
he figures it. (I. M. N., V, pi. X). We reproduce his figures. R. ligni- 
fera, Wlk., also occurs in Mhow (Forsayeth), and Dudgeon describes the 
larva as making a cocoon of pieces of rotten wood, bark and interlaced 
long hairs. 
Lithosiince. Brightly coloured moths, small or moderate in size, 
flying by day or in the dusk. The larva has few hairs and frequently 
feeds on lichens, the pupa being in a thin cocoon of hairs. Ilema vicaria, 
Wlk. (Lithosia antica , Wlk.), though a hill species, occurs sparingly in the 
plains, a small moth with narrow wings, lead colour, with a yellow margin. 
Chioncema (Cyana) peregrina, Wlk., is a white moth with wings banded 
in scarlet, found in the moister parts of India. Asura (Nepita) conferta, 
Wlk., is perhaps the most common of the family after Utetheisa. The 
dark-coloured caterpillar, with tufts of hair and orange spots, is very 
abundant in the rainy season, on house walls, paths, verandahs, etc. ; 
it feeds on lichens and often appears in great numbers in towns. The 
moth is orange, the forewings banded with black, the hindwing orange, 
with a terminal black band. Asura ( Miltochrista) semifascia , Wlk., is 
a small moth, pale yellow in colour, the forewing lined and spotted with 
black. The larva feeds on mosses ; it is clothed in black hair, “ which 
opens out at the joints when it rolls itself into a ball.” (Hampson.) 
Arctiince. Brightly coloured moths, of moderate size and with stout 
bodies ; the larvae have five pairs of prolegs and are clothed in long hair ; 
the pupa is in a cocoon formed of silk and hair. Most are hill species, 
a considerable number widespread through the plains. 
Diacrisia is a large genus with many Indian species. D. obliqua, 
Wlk. (Spilosoma todara , dalbergice, bifascia), is common in and near the 
hills and in forest localities ; it is the predominant hairy caterpillar 
of Behar and occurs, for instance, also at Poona ; the larva is hairy, the 
ground colour black and yellow, the long hairs black or black and white. 
(Plate XXXV.) It has as many as eight broods in a year, a single 
generation taking from five weeks in the rains to 2 j months in the cold 
weather, though the latter is exceptional. They are found in vast 
