B R A13I E A . PHTHONOLOB A . 



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blackish. Fore wing with five black triangular spots on the 

 costa ; indistinct double waved ante- and postmedial lines filled 

 in with white ; a black spot at end of cell ; a waved white sub- 



Fig. 189. Brabira artemidora, <$. {. 



marginal line. Hind wing with broad diffused fuscous ante- 

 medial band and paler narrow postmedial submarginal and mar- 

 ginal bands. 



Hob. Askold ; Sikhiin. Exp. 30 million. 



Genus PHTHONOLOBA. 



Phthonoloba, Warr. Nov. ZooL p. 397 (1894). 



Type, P. decussata, Moore. 



lianye. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Travancore. 



Palpi porrect, about twice the length of head, the 2nd joint 

 fringed above with hair ; frons rounded ; antennae of male thickened 

 and flattened ; hind tibiae with one pair of spurs ; male with a tuft 

 of hair from the f emoro-tibial joint ; abdomen very long. Fore 

 wing very ample ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 6 from above angle ; 10 anastomosing with 11, 

 and then with 8, 9 to form the double areole. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 

 7 from before upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 7 to middle 

 of cell. 



3806. Phthonoloba decussata, Moore, P, Z. S, 1867. p. 655, pi. 33 r 

 fig. 10; <?. # S. no. 3793. 



Head and thorax bright green, marked with black ; palpi black 



at tips; antennae ringed 

 with black ; abdomen 

 fuscous, with some green 

 at base and extremity. 

 Fore wing bright green, 

 with numerous waved 

 black lines connected in 

 places by black patches, 

 Fig. 190. Phthonoloba decussata, J. \. which form ill-defined 



ante- and postmedial 

 bands ; two submarginal streaks and some patches on the sub- 



