CHINESE DREPANINAE 87 



Nordstroemia lilacina (Moore) comb. n. 



(Pis. 7, 9, figs. 341, 342, 351) 



Drepana lilacina Moore, 1888 : 401. 

 Albara lilacina (Moore) Warren, 1922 : 469. 

 Albara lilacina (Moore) ; Gaede, 1931 : 32. 



The affinities of this species are uncertain. It is externally closest to simillima 

 (another large pale buff or pale greyish buff species) from which it can be distin- 

 guished by the dark yellowish brown antemedial and postmedial fasciae (sometimes 

 edged with buff and greyish brown) on the upper surface of the fore wing, and also 

 by the fact that the subterminal markings on the fore wing are best developed in the 

 middle of the wing, not at the apex. The two long, robust, arcuate, overlapping 

 spines of the lateral diaphragmal sclerites characterize the male genitalia. 



An examination of a pair of syntypes of olivacea ab. pallidior Warren (1922 : 469, 

 good figs.) has shown them to be conspecific with the type of lilacina. 



Distribution. N.E. and N.W. India. 



Type. I select as LECTOTYPE a <J syntype in the BM(NH), labelled : Dharm- 

 sala 83.26 ; Drepana lilacina <$ type Moore ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 778. 



Nordstroemia simillima (Moore) comb. n. 

 (Pis. 7, 8, figs. 343, 347, 348) 



Drepana simillima Moore, 1888 : 402. 



Albara simillima (Moore) Warren, 1922 : 469. [Fig.] 



Albara simillima (Moore) ; Gaede, 1931 : 33. 



This species is externally similar to lilacina with which it is sympatric. It is 

 separable from lilacina by the brownish white fasciae (edged faintly with pale brown) 

 on the upper surface of the fore wing, and by the markings of the subterminal fascia 

 on the fore wing which, when present, are most strongly marked in the anterior half 

 of the wing. The male genitalia, however, indicate closer relationships with agna, 

 problematica, japonica, recava but more particularly with siccifolia. 



Distribution. N.W. India. 



Type. I select as LECTOTYPE a J syntype in the BM(NH), labelled : Dharmsala 

 83.25 ; Drepana simillima $ type Moore ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 779. 



Nordstroemia siccifolia (Roepke) 



(PI. 4, fig. 326 ; Pis. 8, 9, figs. 345, 346, 352) 



Allodrepana siccifolia Roepke, 1948 : 214. [Fig.] 

 Nordstroemia siccifolia (Roepke) Inoue, 1962 : 27. 



The affinities of this species are uncertain, but it is possibly most closely related 

 to simillima from which it is distinguished by the orange-buff ground-colour of the 

 upper surface of the wings, by the dark brown proximal edge to the postmedial 

 fascia on the fore wing, and by the presence of three well-defined spots at the distal 



