THINOPTEKYX.— EPIOXE. 5 I 



THINOPTERYX, Butler. 



Thinopteryx nebulosa. (Plate CXIII. fig. 8.) 

 Thinopteryx nebulosa, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xvii. p. 203. n. I ( L883). 



Near to T. delectans of Japan, hut larger; the markings, and especially the external 

 borders, mottled with orange; the yellow spots on the primaries forming a less distinct band 

 and less central; there are also two blackish lines across these wings as in T. crocopterata, 

 but less strongly defined, and the discocellulars are dark; the disk of the secondaries is 

 always crossed by a more or less defined curved series of orange spots, and the border is 

 interrupted by a blackish patch extending into the tail. Expanse of wings G9-71 millim. 



East India, Silhct. 



This species evidently represents T. delectans in India. It was regarded by Kollar as a 

 variety of T. crocopterata ; it is, however, more nearly allied to T. prcetoraria. Although it 

 is possible that all three may eventually be proved by breeding to be forms of one sp 

 there is at present no reason for assuming that such is the case ; all are represented in both 

 sexes, and can readily be distinguished. 



ENNOMIDiE. 



Under this family members of several quite distinct groups were associated by Messrs. 

 Gueuee and Walker. The family is typically represented by genera having the outer margins 

 of all the wings more or less angulated— by which character alone can the Ennomidae bi 

 distinguished from the Urapterygidae. Up to the present time, however, a number of genera 

 of Oxydiidae and CEnochromiidae have been referred indiscriminately to either family, some 

 to the Urapterygidae and others to the Ennomidae. 



EPIONE, Blip. 



Epione gynopteridia. (Plate CXIV. fig. 1.) 

 Epione gynopteridia, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. vi. p. 123. n. 23 (1880). 



Sandy yellow : primaries sparsely striated with ferruginous, and crossed by a slightly 

 darker central belt bounded by angulated ferruginous lines, which diverge towards the cost a ; 

 apex (not including the fringe) ferruginous : secondaries with the basal ana sparsely mottled 

 with grey; a central triangular band of testaceous, partly edged with grey and partly with 

 ferruginous; apical border and one or two streaks at the anal angle testaceous; a smaii 

 black dot on the centre of the second median interspace : head and sides of abdomen goldi i 

 yellow; collar testaceous; antennae brown. Under surface golden yellow: wings mottlei 

 with ferruginous, and crossed near the middle by a dark ferruginous line bounding internally 

 a diffused and irregular copper-red belt ; fringe testaceous : primaries crossed near the basi 



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