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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    63. Apha floralis, Butt. III. Het. v, p. 04, pi. 94, figs. 6, (S; C. 8f S. no. 1342. S. Differs from suhdives in the apex of the fore wing being much more produced and the costa straighter; thorax and abdo- men ochreous, the former with the collar and tegulje purplish; the latter with a rufous tinge. Wings bright yellow ; fore wing with the area before the postmedial Hue less irregular; the inner sub- marginal line doubly dentate; the outer margin suffused with brown; hind wing with the area before the medial line suffused with pink, and the line itself bright pink; the submarginal line reduced to a series of dots on the nervules connected by a faint waved line. Underside bright chestnut-brown, the outer area yellow. 5 . Without the purple suffusion on the fore wing, and much more pink suffusion. Hab. Sikhim. Ewp., c? 64, $ 74 millim. Sect. II. (Prismosticta). Pore wing with vein 8 given off near the apex; 10 present. 64. Apha fenestrata, Butl A. M. N. H. (5) vi, 1880, p. 68; id. III. Het. vi, pi. 106, fig. 5; C. ^ S. no. 1107. 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; thorax with an olive tinge. Fore wing olive-brown ; the costal and outer areas pale; two medial indistinct angled brown lines; a brown line on disco- cellulars ; two oblique postmedial lines, angled below the costa and waved towards inner margin; apex grey, with a triangular hyaline patch. Hind wing red-brown ; a line on discocellulars and two slightly waved postmedial brown lines. JTab. Sikhim. Exp. 50 millim. Genus APONA. Apona, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1762 (1856). Type, A. cashmirensis, Koll. i2an^?e. N.W. Himalayas, Nilgiris, Shevaroys ; Ceylon. Palpi slight, porrect, and very hairy. Antennae with the branches very long and slender in the male, shorter m the female. Legs with the spurs very long. Pore wing broad, with the outer margin rounded; the discocellulars nearly straight; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with the discocellulars angled below vem 5, which is given off near upper angle of cell; veins 6 and 7 from the angle. Sect. I. Fore wing with the apex more or less produced. 65. Apona cashmirensis, KoU. Hilg. Kasch. iv, p. 472, pi. 21, fig. 4; K^J.'.Z.]m. Cat. vii, p. 763; C. 8, S. no. 1360.