ABRAXIN^. 305 



Percnia ductaria. Hampson : Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, iii. p. 306 (1895). 

 Type. India, in B. M. 

 a. India. 



The antennae are pectinated in both sexes, and the species is con- 

 generic with spontaneata, Walker, the type of the genus Hetera- 

 braxas. 



GENUS SIL ABRAXAS, nov. 



<J Antennae thickened and with very minute cilia, palpi slight ; 

 fore-wings with vein n stalked with 10 and becoming coincident 

 with 12, without fovea ; hind-wings with the costa produced upwards 

 into a lobe ; Sir George Hampson makes this the second section of 

 his genus Abraxas. 



2624. Silabraxas lobata. 



Abraxas lobata. Hampson: Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, iii. p. 299 (1895), 

 Type. Simla, in B. M. 

 a. Khasia Hills. 



GENUS ABRAXAS. Leach: Edinburgh Encycl., p. 134 (1815). 



Potera. Moore: P. Z. S., Lond., 1,878, p. 852. 

 Omophyseta. Warren: Nov. Zool., i. p. 414 (1894). 



2625. Abraxas leopardina. 



Zerene leopardina. Koll. : Hug. Kasch., iv. p. 490 (1844). 



Abraxas leopardina. C. and S. : Cat. Moths of India, iv. 553. 3736 (1888). 



Swinhoe : Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1894, p. 212. 

 Abraxas leopardinata. Guen. : Phal., ii. 206. 1262 (1857). 



Walker : xxiv. 1119 (1862) ; xxvi. 1694 (1862). 



Moore: 1. c., Lond., 1867, p. 651. 



Abraxas sylvata. Hmn. : (part) Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, iii. p. 299 (1895). 



a. India (6). b. Silhet. 



2626. Abraxas miranda. 



Abraxas miranda. Butler : Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), i. p. 441 (1878). 



Ill.Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., iii. p. 48, pi. 52, f. 12 



(1879). 



Abraxas sylvata. Leech : (part) Ann. Mag. N. H. (6), xix. p. 445(1897). 

 Type. Japan, in B. M. 

 a. Japan (4). 



2627. Abraxas illuminata. 



Abraxas illuminata. Warren : Nov. Zool., i. p. 417 (1894). 

 Type. Darjiling, in coll. Rothschild. 

 a. Amoy, China. 



2628. Abraxas pusilla. 



Abraxas pusill a. Butler: Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), vi. p. 225 (1880). 



Ill.Typ. Lep.Het.,B.M.,vi.p.83,pl.ii9,f.9(i886). 



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