PHALACRA. 345 



Genus PHALACRA. 

 Phalacra, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1638 (1866). 



Type, P. vidhisara, Wlk. 



Range. India and Ceylon. 



Palpi short and slight ; proboscis present. Antennae serrate in 

 male, thickened and flattened in female. Mid tibia with one pair 

 of long spurs, hind tibia with two pairs. Frenulum absent. 

 Fore wing produced, the apex acute ; vein 6 from below the angle 

 of cell ; 7 from the areole which is formed by 9 and 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8. Hind wing with the outer margin straight from 

 anal angle to vein 6, where it is angled. 



SECT. I. "Wings with the outer margins not excised 

 below the apices. 



746. Phalacra vidhisara, Wlk. Cat. xxi, p. 319 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl iii, 



pi. 201, figs. 1, 1 a (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 4011. 

 Phalacra rnetagonaria, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1639. 



Pale reddish brown, sparsely irrorated with black scales. Fore 

 wing with traces of an antemedial waved black line ; postmedial 

 and submarginal series of black specks. Hind wing with an in- 



Fig. 236. Phalacra vidhisara, $ . \. 



distinct subbasal line ; a double medial line ; postmedial and sub- 

 marginal series of black specks. Cilia of both wings traversed by 

 a black line. 



Larva fusiform, the head broad ; lateral and dorsal set and 

 prolonged anal setaceous spines ; colour green, with a dorsal pink 

 band laterally bordered by yellow, and two red lines. 



Pupa purple-brown, covered with white bloom. 



Hab. Bombay; Calcutta; Nilgiris; Ceylon. Exp. 9 <$ 28, 

 38 millim. 



SECT. II. Both wings with the outer margins excised 

 below the apices. 



747. Phalacra excisa, n. sp. 



$ . Grey-brown. Fore wing with the outer margin excised 

 below the apex and angled at vein 4 ; traces of numerous waved 



