BRABIRA.— PHTHONOLOBA. 407 
blackish. Fore wing with five black triangular spots on the 
costa ; indistinct double waved ante- and postmedial lines filled 
in with white; a black spot at end of cell; a waved white sub- 
Fig. 189.—Brabira artemidora, 3. 1 
marginal line. Hind wing with broad diffused fuscous ante- 
medial band and paler narrow postmedial submarginal and mar- 
ginal bands. 
Hab. Askold; Sikhim. Zap. 30 millim. 
Genus PHTHONOLOBA. 
Phthonoloba, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 397 (1894). 
Type, P. decussata, Moore. 
Range. Sikhim; Khasis; Nilgiris; Travancore. 
Palpi porrect, about twice the length of head, the 2nd joint 
fringed above with hair; frons rounded ; antennee of male thickened 
and flattened ; hind tibiz with one pair of spurs; male witha tuft 
of hair from the femoro-tibial joint; abdomen very long. Fore 
wing very ample; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from middle 
of discocellulars ; 6 from above angle; 10 anastomosing with 11, 
and then with 8,9 to form the double areole. Hind wing with 
vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 
= 
7 trom before upper angle; 8 anastomosing with 7 to middle 
of cell. 
3806. Phthonoloba decussata, Moore, P, Z. S, 1867, p. 655, pl. 33, 
fir. 10; C. § S. no. 3798. 
Head and thorax bright green, marked with black; palpi black 
at tips; antenne ringed 
with black; abdomen 
fuscous, with some green 
at base and extremity. 
Wl 
Fore wing bright green, 
i with numerous waved 
4 WS black lines connected in 
places by black patches, 
Fig. 190.—Phthonoloba decussata, $. }. which form ill-defined 
ante- and postmedial 
bands; two submarginal streaks and some patches on the suh- 
