LAGOPIT.RA. 417 



7528. Lagoptera submira. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 1.) 



Artena submira, Wlk. xiv. 1389 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Incl. ii. p. 497. 



Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown ; antennae with the shaft 

 whitish in front towards base ; pectus ochreous tinged with rufous ; 

 legs grey-brown ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface ochreous 

 tinged with rufous. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown irrorated with 

 some purple-grey, especially on medial area except towards inner 

 margin, the terminal area rather redder ; a curved dark subbasal 

 line from costa to median nervure ; antemedial line dark, very 

 oblique ; a dark point in middle of cell ; reniform defined by dark 

 brown, narrow, and constricted at middle; postmedial line dark 

 brown, excurvcd to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line purple- 

 grey slightly defined on each side by dark brown, almost straight, 

 ending at tornus ; a series of dark points before termen. Hind 

 wing dark brown, the termen faintly tinged with grej'; cilia yellow. 

 Underside greyish brown; hind wing with the cilia yellow. 



Hab. SiKHiM {Dudgeon), 4 S ; BoMBAr, 1 J, Kanara {Ward), 

 1 S ; Travancore, Trivandrum {Fergusson), 1 5 ; Burma. Moulmein 

 {GlerJc), 1 J type. Buy. 64-72 millim. 



7529. Lagoptera ruMda. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 2.) 



Ophisma, ruhida, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 179 (1864) ; Swinh. 

 Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 144. 



Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown ; frons with lateral 

 whitish strise above ; antennae with the shaft white in front 

 towards base ; teguloo with ochreous scales on inner side in male ; 

 pectus fulvous yellow ; fore tibice blackish irrorated with white, the 

 mid tibiae and the tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral 

 surface grey-brown. Fore wing deep velvety chocolate-brown with 

 a greyish tinge on medial costal area, the terminal area blue-white ; 

 a faint dark subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line very 

 indistinct except towards costa, obliquely curved ; a dark point in 

 middle of cell ; a minute white spot defined by brown at upper 

 angle of cell; postmedial line very indistinct, dark, excurved below 

 costa, then oblique and meeting the antemedial line above inner 

 margin ; subterminal line defining the blue-white area, straight ; a 

 crenulate brown line just before termen with a series of wliite 

 poiuts and some rufous suffusion beyond it. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown ; an oblique blue-white band from middle of costa to above 

 tornus ; the termen and cilia whitish from just below apex to 

 submedian fold. Underside grey-browu with an ochreous tinge 

 towards base. 



Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ , Dibrugrah ( Ward), 1 ^ ; Borneo, 

 Sarawak {Wallace), Santabong {Shelford), 1 $. Krp. 76-78 

 millim. 



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