508. 



OURAPTERYX SAMBUCARIA. 



The Swallow-tail Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidse. 



Type of the Genus, Geometra Sambucaria Linn. 



OuRAPTERYX Lettch, Sam., Curt. — Acsena Och. — Urapteryx Goda. — 

 Phalsena Geometra Linn., Hlib., Haw. 



AntenntE a little stouter in the male than female, long and seta- 

 ceous, inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, 

 clothed with scales above, very pubescent (not ciliated) be- 

 neath (1). 



Labrum triangular (2). 



Mandibles horny ovate and ciliated internally (2). 

 MaxillcE nearly as long as the antennae, rather slender and 

 spiral (3). 



Labial Palpi recurved, thickly clothed with scales, long beneath 



on the basal joint, the apical one just apparent, composed of 



3 joints, 1 st the longest and stoutest, curved, 2nd nearly as long, 



slender and slightly attenuated, 3rd minute ovate (4 and 4 a). 



Male smaller than the female. Head small and short, densely clothed 



with short scales : eyes globose and lateral. Thorax tolerably 



robust, clothed with long silky hairs. Abdomen slender in the male, 



stouter in the female. Wings ample extended horizontally in repose, 



superior trigonate, the apex slightly acuminated, inferior extending 



beyond the body, acuminated at the middle and forming a tail, cilia very 



short. Legs rather long. Tibiae, anterior with a long twisted lanceolate 



spine on the inside, intermediate pair long and terminated by short 



spurs, posterior longer and robust, with a bundle of fine long silken 



hhirs on the inside, protected in a groove, with a pair of short spurs 



at and another pair above the apex (Sf hind leg). 



Larvae, loopers with Q pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 



Sambucaria Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 940. 1. 



Pale yellow ; underside of antennae and maxUlae ferruginous ; 

 face ^nd palpi ferruginous-brown ; eyes pitchy ; wings witli 

 transverse pale brownish lines, more crowded and strongest 

 towards the posterior margin ; superior with two yellovidsh 

 brown strigae across the centre, with a very slender crescent 

 of the same colour between them, the outer striga concave, the 

 inner one nearly straight and continued across the inferior wings 

 almost to the anal angle ; on these wings there are two scarlet 

 spots at the base of each tail, the margins freckled with black, the 

 inner one often very minute ; cilia orange, bright in the under 

 wings. 



In the Author s and other Cabinets. 



