GEOMETRIDyE. 433 



Genus COMIB^NA. 



Comilxnia, Iliibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 284 (1818-25); Stephens, Illust. iv. p. 412 (1835); 

 /(/. Catal. B. Lep. P.. M. p. 170 (1850); Walker, Catal. Lcp. Ilet. B. M. xxii. p. 568 (18G1). 



Phorodesiiia (part), Boisduval, I>i'ilerer, Gueueo. 



Forewing triangular ; apex obtuse; cell balf the length; first and second sub- 

 fostals from end of cell, second with five branches, the sixth being thrown off from 

 the second at some distance beyond its base ; discocellular outwardly-oblique, radial 

 from above the middle ; the middle median close to end of cell, lower at two-fifths : 

 Uindwing short ; exterior margin convex ; cell half the length ; two subcostals at 

 half beyond the cell ; discocellular outwardly-oblique, bent outward above the middle, 

 radial from above the angle ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower at one- 

 fourth. Body slender ; palpi porrect, projecting half beyond the head, squamous, 

 hairy beneath, third joint cylindrical ; antennte broadly bipectinated to near tip, the 

 branches finely ciliated ; legs slender, squamous, hind tibite, with a tuft of scales 

 extending beyond tht^ tip, with four spurs. 



Tijpe, C. bajularia. 



COMIB^NA DISPANSA. 



Comihana clispansa, Walker, Catal Lep. Ilet. I!. M. xxii. p. 574 (1851), ?. 

 Green. Wings with a silvery-white purple-red bordered narrow marginal band, 

 which is slightly dilated and prolonged from the angle of the posterior margin on the 

 forewing : forewing with the costal border silvery-white and minutely speckled with 

 purple-red scales ; a red-bordered silvery-white spot at upper end of cell and a 

 smaller spot at its lower end; a small red-speckled spot also below end of cell 

 on the hindwing. Body above green ; body and legs beneath white. 

 Expanse -fs inch. 



COMIB^NA PANNOSA (Plate 195, Fio. 1, la, 5 ?, 16 larva). 

 Comiknia dei-txata* (var.), Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxii. p. 574, $. 



Green. Wings with traces of a paler sinuous discal line ending on the pos- 

 terior margin of each wing in a purplish-red point; a slender dentated purple- 

 red marginal line ; a similar-coloin-ed grey-scaled large wavy-bordered oval patch 

 at the posterior angle of forewing and a smaller triangular patch at apex of 

 hindwing, the patch on forewing of male pale centred ; forewing with the costal 

 edge Avhitish and speckled with red ; a minute blackish dot at end of each cell. 

 Cilia with purplish-red points. Shaft of antennae and vertex white; front of head, 

 palpi and forelegs above ochreous-brown ; body, palpi and legs beneath white; 

 abdomen above purplish-red, with whitish bands. 



* Tlie true C. devcj-ata is figii!ed on Plate 197, Fig. 5, from a drawing of the type speeiinen in the 

 Saunderfian CoUectiou. It ib quite a distinct species, auJ is found only in N.li. India. 



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