CHINESE DREPANINAE 29 



AGNIDRA Moore gen. rev. 

 (Pis. 1, 2, figs. 301-311 ; Text-figs. 25-71) 



Agnidra Moore, [1868] : 618. Type-species, here designated, Fascellina specidaria Walker, 



1866 : 1553. 

 Zanclalbara Inoue, 1962 : 27. Type-species Drepana scabiosa Butler, 1877 : 478, by monotypy. 



syn. n. 

 Albara Walker sensn Gaede, 1931 : 31. [Partim.] 



<$. Palp extends to just above labrum. Antenna bipectinate from base to between one 

 half and four-fifths of its length, except in fenestra which has uniserrate ciliate antenna. 



Mesothoracic tibia with one pair of spurs, metathoracic tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 

 Prothoracic tibia with well-developed brush-organ in scabiosa, hoenei and fuscilinea. 



Vein i?i in fore wing arises from distal end of cell ; i?2 arises from just distal to end of areole 

 in fenestra, otherwise from distal end of areole. In the hind wing Sc + i?i approximates to 

 Rs except in fenestra in which 5c -+- i?i anastomoses with Rs for some distance distal to end of 

 cell. Upper surface of wings buff, yellowish grey or yellowish brown ; sinuous antemedial 

 fascia simple or double ; discocellular cell-spot and posterior cell-spot usually present ; pale 

 patches at end of cell in some species ; postmedial fascia double, lunulate, sinuous or straight, 

 well-marked in most species ; subterminal fascia double, usually ill-defined except for short 

 distance just before apex. Under surface of wings yellow, buff or yellowish grey ; cell-spots 

 present or absent ; postmedial fascia well-marked in some species, hardly visible in others ; 

 subterminal variously marked. 



o* genitalia : valve elongate in specidaria, vinacea and corticata, short in other species, with 

 variously shaped processes or setae at base ; socius well-developed ; diaphragma sclerotized 

 medially ; uncus simple in vinacea and corticata, absent in specularia, bifurcate to varying 

 extent in remaining species ; seventh abdominal sternum modified except in fenestra, asymmetric 

 in corticata francki ; eighth abdominal tergite emarginate or convex posteriorly ; eighth 

 sternite a narrow transverse plate in discispilaria, otherwise elongate, with lateral sclerite on 

 either side except in fenestra ; long eversible sac on either side of eighth sternite in corticata 

 and specularia. 



$. As for male but antennae very weakly uniserrate (all except fenestra) or uniserrate and 

 cilate (fenestra), apex of fore wing more strongly produced, and prothoracic tibia without 

 brush-organ. 



$ genitalia : signum ovate in fenestra, otherwise an elongate band ; eighth abdominal 

 segment and ninth tergum moderately well sclerotized. 



Agnidra probably has closest affinities with Thymistida Walker and Betalbara 

 Matsumura. It can be separated from the latter by the coloration and colour- 

 pattern of the wings in both sexes and by the shape of the seventh and eighth 

 abdominal sternites in the male. (The seventh sternite is unmodified in fenestra.) 

 Agnidra is readily distinguished from Thymistida by the shape of the wings (see 

 Plates). 



Ten species are now included in Agnidra and are dealt with below. Three of 

 these are new ; two have been transferred from Drepana Schrank {fenestra and 

 corticata), four from Albara Walker {discispilaria, fuscilinea, specidaria, vinacea), 

 and one from the monotypic Zanclalbara Inoue {scabiosa). 



Distribution. Ceylon {specularia), N. India {specularia, corticata, vinacea, 

 discispilaria) , Sikkim {specularia) , Bhutan {specidaria) N. Burma {vinacea, specidaria, 

 fenestra), Thailand {discispilaria), Vietnam {specularia), China {fulvior,furva, hoenei, 

 corticata, fenestra, scabiosa), Korea {scabiosa), Japan {scabiosa) and Malaya {fuscilinea). 



