﻿1260 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 7. SYPNA. 



Corpus robuslum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi loncri, validi, 

 erecti ; articulus 3ns gracilis, linearis, 2o brevier, apice non dilatato, 

 2o brevior. Antennae corporis dimidio valde longiores. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alee latse, denticulatae, 

 non longee ; anticae apud costam fere rectae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo sat oblique; posticae abdomen su- 

 perantes. Mas, — Antennae serratae, ciliatae. 



Sypna, Guen, Noct, iii. 144. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi long, stout, 

 erect; tbird joint slender, linear, not dilated towards tbe tip, more 

 or less sborter tban tbe second. Antennae very mucb more tban 

 half tbe length of tbe body. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings broad, denticulated, not long. Fore wings nearly 

 straight along the costa, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly 

 convex and moderately oblique along the exterior border. Hind 

 wings extending beyond the abdomen. Male, — Antennae distinctly 

 serratd and ciliated. 



A. Alae subtus albo non variae. - - omicronigera, Guen, 



B. Alae subtus albo variae. 



A. Ala) subtus albo maculatae. - - - subsignata. Walk, 



B, Alae subtus albo fasciatae. 



A. Alae anticae fascia una recta. - - - albilinea. Walk. 



B. Alae anticae fasciis nonnullis undulatis. ccelisparsa, Walk. 



1. Sypna omickonigera. 



Mas. Violaceo-cinerea ; alee anticce oblongcE, apud costam rectce, 

 lineis plurimis transversis obscurioribus undulatis nebulosis 

 parallelism fasciis duabus latis nigra -f us cis^ linea submarginali 

 e atomis atris ; anticce orbiculari bene determinata rotunda 

 annularis reniformi obliterata ; posticce pallide fusccE, 



Sypna omicronigera, Guen, Noct. iii. 146, 1530. 



Central Hindostan. 



