ARBUDAS. — HERPA. 



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Genus ARBUDAS. 



Arbudas, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 19 (1879). 



Type, A. bicolor, Moore. 

 Range. Sikhim. 



Shape as in Heteropan ; the palpi shorter. Fore wing with vein 

 6 given off below the angle of cell ; vein 11 anastomosing with 12. 



541. Arbudas bicolor, Moore, Lep. 

 no. 477. 



Atk. p. 20, pi. ii, fig. 19 ; C. $ S. 



Fig. 171. 

 Arbudas bicolor, 2 • \. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp., J 



S . Antennae, head, thorax, abdo- 

 men, and wings uniform fuscous, with 

 a slight purple tinge ; collar crimson. 

 Underside paler ; a whitish patch on 

 disk of fore wiug. 



2 . The collar sometimes dark. 

 Fore wing rather paler than in male, 

 the patch on underside pure white 

 and extending to the costa. Hind 

 wing pure white, with a broad dark 

 outer margin ; cilia white. 

 22, 2 32 millim. 



Genus HERPA. 

 Herpa, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 441 (1854). 



Type, H. venosa, Wlk. 



Range. Sikhim ; Khasi and Naga Hills. 



The branches of antennae very long in the male. Mid and hind 

 tibiae with minute terminal pairs of spurs. The wings longer ; 

 fore wing with vein 7 given off further from the cell than 9 ; 11 

 not anastomosing with 12. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with veins 4 and 5 not stalked. 

 542. Herpa venosa, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 442 ; C. $ S. no. 439. 



Head and antennae black ; thorax ochreous, marked with black ; 

 abdomen ochreous, with segmental black bands. Wings primrose- 

 yellow, with the veins and margins black. 



Hub. Khasis. Exp. 46 millim. 



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Fig. 172. — Herpa venosa, <$ . 



