CALLIMOEPHA. — AXTOPCENA. 



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orange above, black at sides, the black encroaching on the upper- 

 side of the anal segment. Fore wing grey, irrorated with black, 

 the base yellow ; five transverse yellow bands with waved edges, 

 the postmedial band excurved round end of cell. Hind wing 

 crimson ; a black spot at end of cell ; two elongate submarginal 

 patches and a small spot above vein 1. 



Felder's MS. genus Carcinopyga will probably be found to stand 

 when this insect is rediscovered. 



Hob. Ladak. Exp. 70 millim. 



Genus AXI0P(ENA. 

 Axiopoena, Menet. Bull. Acad. Peter sb. ix, p. 42 (1841). 



Type, A. maura, Eichw. 



Range. Central Asia ; Baluchistan. 



Palpi long, rather slender, and porrectly upturned. Antennas 

 simple in both sexes. Hind tibiae with two pairs of minute spurs. 

 Fore wing large and ample ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 

 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10 from the cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle 

 of cell ; 5 from above the angle ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from before 

 middle of cell. 



1255. Axiopoena maura, Eichw. Zool. Spec, ii, p. 196. 



Axiopoena fluviatilis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. hoc. 1885, p. 351, pi. 9, 

 fig. 7 ; C. $ 8. no. 2273. 



Head and thorax smoky black ; collar fringed with crimson. 

 Abdomen black ; the segments fringed with crimson. Fore wing 

 smoky black. Hind wing with the basal half crimson ; the outer 



Fig. 17. — Axiopoena maura, $ . §-. 



half smoky black; some specimens with a crimson spot beyond the 

 cell. 



The amount of crimson suffusion on underside of hind wing 

 varies greatly, being least in the f orm fluviatilis. 



Eab. Central Asia and Quetta. Exp., <5 100, $ 112 millim. 



