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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    EUPTEEOTIDJi!. 6'. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked or from angle of cell, a®. Hind wing with the costa straight; vein 8 not remote ,e 8. Ganisa, p.49. o . llind wing with the costa arched; vein 8 remote /' n 1 • 9. APHA,p. 61. o. Palpi porrect. a'-. Fore wing with vein 11 ariainff close to 7, 8, 9. a^. Palpi short and somewhat heavily fringed with hair ] i. Eupterote, p. 64. 0*. Palpi longer and very heavily fringed with hair; branches of antennae very long in both sexes. 10. Apona, p. 52. b-. Fore wing with vein 11 arising lono- before 7, 8, 9. ° a^. The wings broad and rounded . . 12. Nisa&a, p. 62. b^. The wings long and narrow; fore wing with outer margin oblique . 13. Sanoatissa, p. 63. B. Frons with a corneous ridge 14. Cnethocampa [p'. 64. Genus GANaARIDES. Gangarides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 821. Type, G. roseus, Wlk. Range. E. Himalayas ; Burma; Borneo. Palpi upturned and very thickly fringed with hair. The antennae with the branches stiff, decreasing rapidly to apex and Saturniform. Legs very thickly clothed with hairs. Fore wing with the apex produced, the outer margin excised and crenulate; the discocellulars nearly straight; vein 7 anastomosing shortly with 8 and 9 to form an areole. Hind wing with the disco- cellulars straight; veins 6 and 7 stalked. 48, Gangarides roseus, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 513; C. 8f S. no. 1340. Gangarides dharma, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 821, pi. 43, fio-. 7 • e. 1^ *5. no. 1339. Lonomia vittipalpis, Wlk. Char, undescr. Lep. 1869, p. 90: C. ^ S. no. 1251. . Palpi black, fringed with ochreous hairs; antennae, head, and thorax ochreous, the latter with a crimson tinge; abdomen crimson above. Fore wing pinkish ochreous, irrorated with brown scales; a curved and waved subbasal dark line; an antemedial slightly waved line; a black dot ringed with white at end of cell; three indistinct waved postmedial lines ; a grey and brown curved oblique line from apex ; a submarginal lunulate line. Hind wing crimson ; the cilia ochreous. 2 . Duller in colour; fore wing with the subbasal line some -