PTERODECTA. — HERIMBA. 



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694. Pterodecta anchora, Moore, Pagenst. JB. Nassau. Ver. 1887, 

 p. 238, pi. ii, fig. 24 ; C.SfS. no. 480. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings dark brown. Fore wing 



with an orange-yellow spot 

 below the cell between veins 2 

 and 3 ; an orange-yellow post- 

 medial curved band from the 

 costa to vein 2, sending a pro- 

 jection inwards along vein 3 

 so as nearly to join the spot. 

 Cilia fulvous. Underside yel- 

 lowish brown, striated with 

 black ; the fore wing yellow, 

 except the outer area ; two 



small white black-ringed spots in the cell, a larger one on a black 



patch at end, and a black patch below the end of cell. Hind wing 



with a grey spot at end of cell. 



Hah. Himalayas from Kulu to Bhutan, 5000-10,000 feet. Enep. 



40 millim. 



Fig. 222. — Pterodecta anchora, <5 . 



Genus HEUIMBA. 

 Herimba, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 20 (1879). 



Type, H. atkinsoni, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim ; Burma. 



Palpi upturned, with the third joint of moderate length and 

 somewhat porrect. Fore wing with vein 1 1 forked at the base, 

 6 from the middle of the discocellulars ; 7 and 8 from close to 

 the upper angle of cell ; 9 and 10 arising close together before the 

 end of cell and anastomosing shortly. Hind wing with veins 6 

 and 7 arising not very near the base, 8 almost touching them close 

 to their origin. Frenulum long ; retinaculum in male arising from 

 the subcostal nervure of fore wing. 



695. Herimba atkinsoni, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 21, pi. 2, fig. 3 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 484. 



J . Glossy black- brown, with a golden-brown tinge. Tore wing 



with golden-brown specks along 

 the costa; an oblique white medial 

 band consisting of a spot at end of 

 cell, a trifid spot below it, and 

 small spot above vein 15; a small 

 white subapical spot. Hind wing 

 speckled with golden brown ; a 

 minute white spot between veins 

 5 and 6. Underside with nume- 

 rous golden-brown strigae. 

 Exp, 33 millim. 



Fig. '223. 

 Herimba atkinsoni, $ , 



Hub. Sikhim ; Burma. 



