138 



KOCTriD.K. 



rJonus CALYPTIS. 



Cali/p/i.<, Giieii. Noct. ii. p. 32li (1852) iter.' 



Proboscis fully developed : palpi nptm-ncd. liie 2nd joint reaching to middle 

 of frons ;ind broadly sealed, tlie .'{rd moderate ; frons siuoolh, with tuft of hair 

 above, in male very narrow, the lari^e round eyes being closely approximated 

 in front ; antenna; of male almost simple ; thorax clothed with hair and hair- 

 like scales and without crests; tibia; moderately fringed wiih hair, the fore 

 and hind tibia; not epined ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen typically evenly curv°ed and 

 not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; *0 from upper angle ; 

 it from lU anastomosing with 8 to form the areola ; 11 from eel!. Hind wing 

 with the cell about half the length of whig; reins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully 

 developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing 

 ■with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 4. 



A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved from below 



vein (i to vein 3, then excurved to vein 1 idoiica. 



B. Fore wing with tlie postmedial line oblique and waved 



from below vein 6 to vein 1 semicuprea. 



920. Calyptis idonea. 



JS'octua idoiica, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. u. 43, pi. 311. f. A (1780) ; Fekl 

 Keis. Nov. pi. 110. f. 3(1. v / ■ 



Head, tegulte, base of patagia obliquely, and prothorax red-brown, 

 the rest of thorax red-brown tinged with grey ; pectus, leo-s, and 



Fig. 38. — Cdli/plif. idoncn, J. \. 



abdomen greyislt brown, \W t;irsi ringed witli white. Fore wiui,' 

 pale purplish grey, a eoniial pjiteli oF golden cupreous suflusion 



