EPICOPIA. 8 1 



When the details of insect morphology have been more 

 systematically worked out, the last-mentioned character may 

 help us to come to some more positive conclusion respecting 

 the real affinities of this remarkable insect. 



FAMILY X. EPICOPIID^. 



Egg. Not described. 



Larva. Covered \vith a white waxy excretion. 



Pupa. Enclosed in a slight cocoon. 



Imago. Of moderate or rather large size, black, with red 

 and white (sometimes ocellated) markings, and much resem- 

 bling Equitida of the genus Byasa, Moore. This Family has 

 lately been founded by Sir G. Hampson to include the genus 

 Epicopia. The few species known are found in North India, 

 China, and Japan. 



GENUS EPICOPIA. 

 Epicopeia^ Westwood, Arcana Entomologica, i. p. 17 (1841); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. p. 409 (1854). 

 Epicopia, Hampson, Faun. Brit. India, Moths, iii. p. 108 



(1865). 



The body is rather short and slender, and the antennae are 

 bi-pectinated. The wings are long, with one sub-median nervure 

 on the hind-wings and two (the upper one imperfect) on the 

 fore-wings. The discoidal cells are closed, and bisected by an 

 imperfect nervure, which forms a short fork just before the 

 extremity of the cell, at least on the fore-wings, but there are no 

 accessory cells beyond the discoidal ones. The fore-wings are 

 long, oval, and entire ; the hind-wings are deeply concave 

 below the tip, and are produced into a broad lobe or tail, 

 curving outwards, at the outer angle. The frenulum is rudi- 

 mentary. 



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