VAMUNA. 23 



Genus \ AMl\NA, Moore. 

 Vamnna, Moore, \\ Z. S. 1878, p. 10. 



Fore wing long, narrow ; costa slightly arched beyond the middle ; apex acute ; exterior 

 margin short and sliglitly truncate below the apex, oblique hindward, the angle slightly 

 convex ; posterior margin convex towards the base in male. Hind wing broad ; apex slightly 

 produced; exterior margin convex in the middle. Veins similar to those m Churinga {C. 

 riijifroiis), excepting that in tlie fore wing the lowest or lifth brancli of tlie subcostal is 

 emitted from upper angle of the cell, the median branches nearer together at their base, and 

 the lowest nearer the end of the cell. Body moderately stout ; antennaj in both sexes 

 setose ; palpi moderately long, ascending, projecting beyond the liead, second joint long, 

 third joint very sliort ; legs long, naked, middle and hind spurred. 



Type V. remelama [Lithosiu remelana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 798). 



Hah. Darjiling. 



Vamuna maculata. 

 Vanmna maculata, Moore, V. Z. S. 1878, p. 10, pi. i. fig. 5. 



Male. Upperside — fore wing greyish-ochreous : hind wing pale dull ochreous at base 

 and whitish externally, with three marginal black spots, the two u[)pcr large, the lower 

 small and at some distance from anal angle. Underside dull ochreous basally, whitish 

 externally : fore wing with a brownish patch at the apex, a black longitudinal basal streak, 

 and a broad large transverse subapical patch : hind wing witli only the lower and middle 

 marginal black spots. Body ochreous. 



Female much paler; the apex of fore wing slightly brownish-ochreous : hind wing 

 above and beneath with snialk'r medial and lower black spots ; the fore wing with the basal 

 black streak less defined, and tlie subapicnl spot small. 



Expanse, 6 If, $ 2 inches. 



Ihih. Darjiling. In colls. Dr. Staudin<i-er and F. Moore. 



VaMI'XA bitaus. 

 VamutM hipars, ^Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 10, pi. i. fi<;. 11. 



Male. "White ; costal edge of tlie base and apical half of fore wing fuliginous black ; 

 liind wing with a fuliginous-black .submarginal l)and, the middle portion of which is very 

 broad and blackest. Underside duller white ; the black band on fore wing confined to the 

 disk, the apical border being pale brownisli-ochreous ; upper portion of band on hind wing 

 obsolete. Antenna\ front of head, and tip of palpi black ; fore and middle legs above, a 

 terminal spot on hind tibiae and its tarsi black ; tarsal joints with a white band ; base of 

 palpi, thorax and abdomen, legs beneath, and anal tuft ochreous. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Ilah. Darjiling. In colls. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



