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ZYGrJESIVJE. 



*543. Herpa subhyalina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 18 ; C. % S. no. 438. 



Differs from venosa in the abdomen being greyish ; the wings 

 subhyaline ochreous ; both wings with the costal border blackish 

 hind wings with the veins and margins not black. 



Hob. Sikhirn. Exp. 60 millim. 



Sect. II. Veins 4 and 5 of the fore wing stalked. 



514. Herpa primulina, JElwes. 



Herpa subhyalina, var. primulina, Eho. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 382. 



Much brighter yellow than subhyalina ; the costa of hind wing 

 not blackish. 



Hob. Naga Hills, 5000 feet, August. Exp. 58 millim. 



Genus PINTIA. 

 Pintia, Wlh. Cat. ii. p. 280 (1854). 



Type, P. metachloros, Wlk., from Java. 



Range. Hongkong ; ]N\E. and S. India ; Burma ; Andamans ; 

 JVicobars ; Sumatra ; Java. 



Branches of antennae of male not so long as in Herpa. Frons 

 much produced; palpi short. Legs without spurs. Tore wing 

 with the apex pointed, vein 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing 

 with vein 6 from below the upper angle of cell. 



Sect. I. Yeins 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the fore wing stalked together. 



545. Pintia ferrea, Wlh. Cat, ii. p. 431 ; C. $ S. no. 392 ; Butl. III. 

 Set. v, pi. 83, fig. 7. 



Antennae metallic blue ; head with copper and green tints ; 

 thorax copper-red with green markings ; abdomen dark green. 

 Fore -wing dark coppery red ; the median and submedian nervures 



Fig. 173. — Pintia ferrea, tf. \. 



streaked with green : a short whitish maculate oblique band 

 beyond the upper angle of the cell, and two white spots between 

 veins 3, 4, and 5. Hind wing blackish ; the inner area below the 

 cell suffused with green ; four whitish' spots very variable in size, 



