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This genus has been referred by several authors to the Chal- 

 cosiidcB^ LiparidcE^ and Cydifno?iidcB. I myself am disposed to 

 consider Epicopia most nearly allied to such genera of Chal- 

 cosiidcB as Gy?iautocera^ Guerin, and Hisiia, Hiibner ; though 

 the Chalcosiidce have nearly always three sub-median nervures 

 on the hind-wings, instead of only one. 



EPICOPIA CAUDATA. 

 {^Plate LXXIX, Fig, 2.) 

 Epicopia caudata^ Butler, Illustr. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 47, Pl. 88, fig. 8 (1881). 

 This Moth was described and figured by Dr. Butler from 

 specimens collected in Bhotan by the celebrated traveller 

 and naturalist, Dr. Lidderdale. It measures upwards of 

 4}^ inches across the wings, which are black, the anterior 

 wings longitudinally striped with black and grey on the disc; 

 the nervures being black, with intermediate black lines, resem- 

 bling additional nervures. The hind-wings are hardly concave 

 on the hind margin, and therefore appear more drawn out ; be- 

 below the middle are three oval white spots, separated by the 

 nervures, and there are two projections between the anal angle 

 and the tail. At the anal angle is a linear red mark, and there 

 are two small red spots near the margin, opposite the concavi- 

 ties of the wing. The head, collar, apex of abdomen, and some 

 markings on the wings beneath are red ; and the abdomen 

 above (except at the tip) is shot with dark green. On the 

 under side the fore-wings are more grey, and the white spots of 

 the hind-wings are united into a large patch. 



Sir G. Hampson treats all the described Indian forms of 

 Epicopia except E. phikiwra^ Westwood, as simple varieties of 

 E. polydora^ Westwood, the type of the genus. The true E. 

 polydora is a larger and broader-winged insect than E. caudata^ 



