16 A. WATSON 



- Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs ......... 26 



25 Postmedial fascia on upper surface of hind wing lunulate ; the convex side of each 



lunula faces base of wing STREPSIGONIA (p. 97) 



- Postmedial fascia on hind wing not lunulate, or, if lunulate, the convex side of each 



lunula faces outer margin of wing ..... DREPANA (part) (p. 103) 



26 Hind wing without markings or with trace of pattern at anal margin 



NORDSTROEMIA (part) (p. 69) 



- Hind wing with well-developed pattern . . . . . . . .27 



27 Antemedial fascia on fore and hind wings straight (PI. 13, fig. 385) 



MACRAUZATA (p. 142) 



- Antemedial fascia on fore and hind wing not straight ...... 28 



28 Arms of uncus in male genitalia robust and widely separated . PARALBARA (p. 19) 



- Male genitalia not as above ...... AGNIDRA (part) (p. 29) 



ALBARA Walker 

 (PI. 1, figs. 296-297 ; Text-figs. 1-7) 



Albara Walker, 1866 : 1566. [Name adopted from multiple original spelling by the first 

 reviser, Kirby, 1892 : 734.] Type-species, by monotypy, Albara reversaria Walker, 1866 : 



1567- 

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

 ' Albaria ' ; Walker, 1866 : 1567. [An incorrect original spelling of Albara Walker.] 



o". Palp extends to just above labrum ; proximal three-fifths of antenna bipectinate. 

 Upper surface of wings, thorax and abdomen dark violet-grey ; fore wing with weakly marked 

 antemedial fascia, strongly marked oblique postmedial fascia, short arcuate line proximal to 

 postmedial near wing apex, and with ill-defined interrupted subterminal fascia ; hind wing 

 similar to fore wing. Under surface of wings, thorax and abdomen very pale violet-grey, 

 paler and more yellowish at anterior and posterior margins. Vein i?i arises from near distal 

 end of cell and R2 from areole in fore wing ; Sc + i?i approximates to Rs for short distance 

 distal to end of cell in hind wing. Mesothoracic tibia with one pair of terminal spurs ; meta- 

 thoracic tibia with two pairs of spurs. 



o* genitalia : valves short, with processes ; arms of uncus widely separated ; socii small ; 

 diaphragma with strongly sclerotized medial structure ; eighth abdominal tergite and sternite, 

 and asymmetric seventh sternite forming part of genital apparatus. 



$. As for male but with weakly biserrate antennae. 



§ genitalia with asymmetrically placed ostium ; corpus bursae without signum ; eighth 

 and ninth tergites lobate, well developed. 



Albara is probably most closely allied to Paralbara gen. n. It can be separated 

 from the latter by differences in the wing-pattern and in the male and female 

 genitalia. 



Albara Walker, sensn Gaede (1931), has been partly restricted and revised by 

 Bryk (1943) and Inoue (1953, 1962). The only species which can be placed correctly 

 in Albara is in fact the type-species. The remaining species are transferred in this 

 paper to one or other of the following genera : Paralbara gen. n., Agnidra Walker, 

 Pseudalbara Inoue, Betalbara Matsumura, Nordstroemia Bryk, and Thymistadopsis 

 Warren. 



Distribution (see Table 1) : N. India, China, Formosa, Malaysia and Indonesia. 



