THE MOTHS OF INDIA. 905 



Genus Akcilasisa, J^VV^- 



Arsilasisa, Wlk., xxxii., 470 (I860) . . . . . . sobria. 



1939. Arsilasisa sobria. 



Genus Clethrorasa. 



Type. 

 Clethrorasa., Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., ix,, p. 343 



(1910) . . . . . , . . filclieri. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint smoothly scaled 

 and flattened against the frons, the 3rd short ; frons smooth, eyes large, 

 round; antennae of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales and without crests ; tibise smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal 

 crests on basal segments. Forewing narrow, the margins subparallel, the 

 apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle, 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 

 to form the areole, 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3*4 from angle of 

 cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6-7 from 

 upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 

 1960a. Clethrorasa pilcheki. 



Genus. Apsarasa. 



Type. 

 Apsarasa, Moore, P. Z. S., 1867., p. 665 . . . . radians. 



A. Hindwing with the white patch extending almost 



to cell . . . . . . . . . . radians. 



B. Hindwing with irregular white patch on termen . . figurata. 

 1962. Apsarasa radians. 



1962«. Apsarasa figurata. 



Apsarasa figurata, Moore, P. Z. S., 1877, p. 604; Hmpsn,, Cat. Lep. 

 Phal. B. M., ix., p. 347., pi. 144, f. 32. 

 $ . Head and thorax blue-black ; palpi with white spot on basal joint 

 in front ; frons with yellowish white patch above; vertex of head and 

 tegulse at middle and tips with yellowish white bands ; pro- 

 and meso-thorax with yellowish spots and meta-thorax with yellowish 

 patch ; coxse with white patches ; femora at extremities, tibise and 

 tarsi, with white bands ; abdomen black-brown tinged with metallic 

 blue, the two basal segments with yellowish white dorsal spots. Fore- 

 wing blue-black, the costal terminal and inner areas with yellowish white 

 patches leaving radiating blue-black bars and streaks ; the costal area 

 with three small yellowish white spots on costal area followed by an oblique 

 striga, then an erect striga, and irregular medial patch, a slight bar above 

 end of cell followed by a striga, a triangular patch towards apex 

 followed by an oblique bar and triangular patch at apex ; the terminal 

 area with two short oblique streaks towards apex with point before the 

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