CHINESE DREPANINAE 107 



Drepana pallida pallida Moore 



(Text-figs. 203-207) 



Drepana pallida Moore ; Warren ; 1922 : pi. 48I. [Good figs. <J, ?•] 



Distinguished from the other three supspecies by the colour-pattern and by the 

 male and female genitalia (see plate in Warren (1922) and Text-figs. 203-207). 

 Distribution. N.E. India and N. Burma. 



Type. I select as LECTOTYPE a <$ syntype in the collection of the BM(NH) 

 labelled : Moore Coll. 94-106 ; Darjiling <$ ; Drepana pallida Moore (Type) <$ [in 

 Moore's handwriting]. 



Drepana pallida cretacea Hampson stat. n. 

 (PI. 11, fig. 360 ; Text-figs. 208, 209) 



Drepana cretacea Hampson, 1914 : 107. 

 Drepana cretacea Hampson ; Gaede, 1932 : 168. 



Externally, cretacea differs from the nominate subspecies in the following respects: 

 fore wing less strongly falcate ; dark spot at posterodistal angle of cell generally 

 larger ; postmedial fascia nearly straight, not arcuate ; proximal line of postmedial 

 fascia touching or nearly touching distal end of cell in hind wing. 



The male genitalia are similar to those of the nominate subspecies but have a 

 differently shaped eighth abdominal sternite (Text-fig. 208). The female genitalia 

 are characterized by the differently shaped ninth abdominal tergum. (Text-fig. 

 209). 



Distribution. China (Szechwan), Vietnam. 



Material examined. Type. Holotype $, [China, Szechwan], Huang-Mu-Chang, 

 7000 ft., vii.1889 {Pratt). In the BM(NH). 



Other material. BM(NH). China, Szechwan : 2 $, Ta-tsien-lou, 1897, 1906 ; 

 3 cS Shin-kai-Si, Mt. Omei, i.viii.1921 (Franck) ; 2 $, Tien-tsuen, 1897 (Dejean) ; 

 2 $, Tien-tsuen, Yuin-kin, 1899 ; 2 $, Kwanhsien 12.vii.1925, vii.1930 ; 3 <$, 4 $, 

 Siao-lou, 1899-1903 ; 1 <$, Moupin, 1898 ; 1 $, Pa-tse-fang, 1893. U.S. National 

 Museum. China, Szechwan : 3 <$, Mt. Omei. 



Drepana pallida flexuosa ssp. n. 



(PI. 11, fig. 361 ; Text-figs. 210-212) 



This is readily distinguished from the other subspecies of pallida by the more strongly arcuate 

 fore wing, and by the more strongly marked cell-spots and more strongly arcuate postmedial 

 fascia on the fore wing. It differs from the nominate subspecies by the fact that the proximal 

 line of the postmedial fascia on the hind wing touches or nearly touches the distal end of the 

 cell. In the male genitalia flexuosa differs from the nominate subspecies in the shape of the 

 valves, gnathus and eighth abdominal sternite (Text-figs. 210, 211). The female genitalia 

 are similar to those of the nominate subspecies but possess a distinctive ninth tergum (Text-fig. 

 212). 



Wing, o* 2 3 - o mm. (1) ; $ 26-5-31-0 mm. (2). 



