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Genus APHENDALA. 

 Aphendala, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 494 (1865). 

 Wings shorter than in Thosea : hindwing less convex. Both wings with similar 

 venation. Palpi less robust ; legs more thickly pilose. 



APHENDALA OCHRACEA (Plate 129, Fig. 3, ?, 3a, larva). 



Female : forewing reddish-ochreous, with an oblique discal transverse whitish 

 band : hindwing dusky ochreous-brown. Thoras reddish-ochreous ; abdomen 

 ochreous-brown ; head, palpi, and legs ochreous-grey. 



Expanse 1 inch. In Coll. F. Moore. 



Larva onisciform. Adult pale green, whitish above, with two dorsal rows of 

 black spots, a black dorsal patch on second segment, and a single spot on anal 

 segment, a lateral and sublateral row of spatular pointed spinous tubercles, the 

 anterior and posterior of which are somewhat larger, and of a reddish colour. 

 Cocoon round, pale brown. 



" Food various." {Dr. Thivaites.) 



APHENDALA CANA (Plate 130, Fig. 3, 3a, ^ q, 3b, larva). 

 Parasa cana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 484 (1865). 



Male. Forewing pale brownish-grey, sparsely brown scaled, with an antemedial 

 pale grey oblique fascia, and a straight submarginal similar fascia : hindwing pale 

 brownish-grey. Body, palpi, and legs above pale brownish-grey. Female paler ; 

 forewing with a slight grey-brown spot at end of the cell. 



Expanse, ^ \h, ^ ^to inch. 



Larva onisciform, oblong, convex above, green, with a pale yellowish- white 

 dorsal band, a subdorsal row of very short spinous tubercles, and a sublateral row of 

 somewhat larger tubercles ; spiracles with pale rings. Cocoon oval, purple-brown. 



" Feeds on Cassia aioriculata, &c." (Dr. Thwaites.) 



APHENDALA APERIENS (Plate 130, Fig. 4, ?, 4a, larva). 

 Miresa aperiens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 476 (1865). 

 Forewing dark cinereous-brown, with a medial very oblique pale whitish - 

 cinereous line, and a straight submarginal similar line : hindwing paler. Body, 

 palpi, and legs dark cinereous-brown ; antennas ochreous. 

 Expanse, c? 1-^, ? \tjs inch. 



Larva onisciform, bright green above, purple-brown below ; with a subdorsal 

 and a sublateral row of spinous tubercles; between the rows of tubercles is a dorsal 

 row of purple-brown spots and a lateral row of anteriorly oblique fusiform spots. 

 Cocoon rounded, purple-brown. 



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