ACTIAS. 



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a 3 . Fore wing with costa incurved near 

 base, excurved towards apex ; the 



the outer margin highly excised . . 3. Anthei^ea, p. 18. 

 6 3 . Fore wing with the costa evenly 

 curved ; outer margin less excised. 

 « 4 . Fore wing with apex rounded. 



a 5 . Tibiae naked 4. Sattjrnia, p. 21. 



b 5 . Tibiae hairy 5. Loepa, p. 25. 



b*. Fore wing with apex acute 6. Salassa, p. 26. 



b 2 . Veins 5 and 6 of both wings given off 



much nearer the base 7. Crictjla, p. 28. 



Genus ACTIAS. 



Actias, Leach, Zool. Misc. ii, p. 25 (1815). 



Tropsea, Hilbn. Verz. p. 152(1818). 



Plectropteron, Sutton, Trans. JEnt. Soc. v, p. 45 (1847). 



Argema, Wallengr. Ofv. Kongl. Vet.- Ah. 1858, p. 140. 



Type, A. luna, Linn., from 1ST. America. 



Range. N. America ; Natal ; Japan ; China ; throughout India, 

 Ceylon, and Burma ; Andamans. 



Fore wing with the apex produced and acute. Hind wing with 

 the anal angle produced into a long tail, veins 2, 3, 4 being curved 

 and running to the tip of the tail. 



1. Actias Selene, Hubn. Samml: exot. Schmett. i. pi. 172, fig. 3; 

 C. 8f S. no. 1534; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. pi. 126, figs. 1, la (larva). 

 Plectropteron dianae, Hutt. A. M. N. H. xvii, 1846, p. 60. 



Fig, 8. — Actias selene, $ . \. 

 6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi pink, prothorax 



