Volume 1

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Moths. Vols I-IV / by G.F. Hampson.

Date:
1892-1896
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Moths. Vols I-IV / by G.F. Hampson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    218. Phalera sangana, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 433 : Butl. III. Het. vi, pi. lOy, %. 4; C.^ 8. no. 1521. Phalera areiiosa, Jiutl. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 66; C. 8f no, 1514, Phalera stigmigera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 66; C. S. no. 1523. S differs from parivala in the frons being black, the vertex of head white, the vertex of thorax dark brown; the abdomen with prominent dark segmental bands. Fore wing suffused over the whole area with grey or ochreous grey; the subbasal line black; the submarginal lunulate band darker, with its lower part at- tenuated ; a purplish mark near outer angle. Hab. Sikhim ; Bhutan. Usep. 82-93 milUm. 219. Phalera torpida, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 431. c5' ditFers from sangana in the vertex of the head being buff ; the abdomen uniform fuscous; fore wing slightly suffused with grey ; the apical patch pale and small, and only extending to vein 5, no mark near outer angle ; hind wing darker fuscous. ffab. Sikhim. ^.rp., S 62-67, $ 78 miUim. 220. Phalera procera, Feld. Bets. Nov. pi. 96, fig. 1; C. ^ S. no. 1519. Phalera bobi, Stvinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 302, pi. 21, fig. 6; C. ^ S. no. 1515. Differs from sangana in the fore wing having a large dark patch on the inner margin near base; the apical patch large, rounded on its inner side and terminating at vein 4. In the form bobi, from Bombay and Burma, the hind wing is fuscous, with traces of a pale medial line; iaprocera,horn Sikhim, it is much paler. Bab. Sikhim; Sylhet; Nagas; Bombay; Burma. Ex]y., S 81, 2 84 millim. 221. Phalera raya, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 433; Butl. III. Het. vi, pi. 103, fig. 1 ; C.8f 8. no. 1520. Phalera grotei, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 434 ; C. 8f 8. no. 1517, Phalera cossoides, Wlk. Tram. Eni. 8oc. ser. 3, i, p. 80; C. i^- 8. no. 1516. Acrosema amboinse, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 96, fig, 2; C.Sf 8. no. 1513, Differs from procera in the frons being buff; the fore wing heavily suffused with silvery grey on basal and inner areas; the apical patch paler. Larva bluish white, with a paired subdorsal series of setiferous warts ; lateral area yellow, with a red band; prolegs black, red at extremities; head reddish; stigmata black; pairs of anterior and posterior setiferous processes, which disappear in the final stage, when the ground-colour becomes white instead of blue and yellow. Rab. Sikhim; Nagas; Calcutta; Simla; Bombay; Nilgiris. Exp., (S 76, $ 82 millim.