118 NTMPHALID^E. 



Genus MANIOLA. 



Maniola, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii, 1801 (1), pp. 152, 170. 

 Epinephele, Hiibner (nee Bloch-Schneid.) , Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, 



p. 59. ^ 

 Chortobius. Guenee, in Dbldaifs List of Brit. Butt. 4' Moths, ed. 2. 



1859, p. 2. 



Type, M. jurtina, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Palsearctic Region. In India, N.W. Himalayas, Ladak, 

 Kashmir, Baluchistan. 



6 $ . Fore wing triangular, costa arched, termen straight or 

 slightly convex, dorsum straight, apex distinct, tornus rounded ; cell 

 under half length of wing, broad ; vein 1 thickened, median vein 

 and 12 greatly inflated at base ; upper discocellular minute, middle 

 strongly curved inwards, lower outwardly oblique ; veins 2-6 

 equidistant, subparallel. Hind wing ovate, costa and termen in a 

 regular arch; dorsum very long, straight, slightly emarginate 

 towards apex ; tornus well-marked ; cell elongate, well over half 

 length of wing ; vein 3 from before apex of cell, 6 equidistant 

 from 5 and 7. Antennae about half length of fore wing, with a 

 long gradual club ; palpi normal, third joint comparatively long, 

 hairy anteriorly to the apex ; eyes naked ; intermediate tarsi long, 

 hairy beneath. Male secondary sex-mark a band of specialized 

 dark scales placed obliquely below cell on upperside of fore wing, 

 in one section ; entirely absent in the other section. 



Key to tlie forms of Maniola. 



A. Males with secondary sex-rnark of special- 



ized scales on the fore wing. 



a. Fore w T ing : ground-colour of upperside 



oehraceous. 



a'. Hind wing : underside with white- 

 ringed black spots or ocelli M. davendra, p. 119. 



V . Hind wing : underside without spots 



or ocelli M . narica, p. 120. 



b. Fore wing : upperside ground-colour 



greyish brown. 

 a', d . Fore wing : black preapical ocellus 



on upperside with broad orange zone. 



$ . Basal area of fore wing and hind 



wing outwardly not sharply defined . M. cheenct, p. 120. 

 b' . <5 . Fore wing : black preapical ocellus 



on upperside with a narrow pale ring. 



2 • Basal area of fore and hind wing 



outwardly sharply defined M. interposita, p. 121. 



B. Males without secondary sex-mark of 



specialized scales on fore wing. 

 a. Fore wing : ground-colour of upperside 

 oehraceous. 

 a'. Oehraceous yellow on upperside of 

 fore wing not shaded or overlaid 

 with brown M. indclxella, p. 1.21. 



