ABKOTA. — ATHYMA. 
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beneath ; tarsus rather longer than in the male, truncated at the tip, where it is finely spined 
beneath, 
" Four hind legs moderately long, of equal length ; tibia shorter than the femur ; femur thickly 
scaled ; tibia thickly clothed with short scaly hairs, with two rows of short thick spines ; 
tarsus as long as the tibia, tliickly clothed at the sides and beneath with rows of short 
spines ; claws sharp, and much curved." (^Moore, I. c.) 
Abrota pratti. (Plate XIV. figs. 7 d , 8 ? .) 
Abrota pratti, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. Feb. p. 28 (1891). 
Male. Allied to Abrota viirus, Fabr., but darker in coloration. The primaries are traversed by a 
black band as in A. mints, but the space between median nervure and inner margin is not 
filled in with blackish ; the cell is closed by a blackish open bar, and there are some other 
blackish marks within the cell ; the black submarginal band is composed of lunulated spots, 
and is preceded by some more or less round black spots towards costa and inner margin ; two 
pale spots near apex. The secondaries have a small black spot in the centre of basal area, 
and beyond are two equidistant black bands between first subcostal and first median nervules, 
— the outer one is broadest, and is interrupted by the second subcostal nervule ; submarginal 
black band fairly broad and well defined ; the outer margin of all the wings is narrowly 
bordered with black. Under surface brownish, suffused with violet-grey ; markings darker, 
similar in form and position to those of A. minis, except as regards the central line of all the 
wings, which in this species is broader and straight. 
Female. Similar to the same sex of Abrota mirus, but the markings on upper surface are narrower, 
more clearly defined, and brighter fulvous ; the apical white spots are much smaller, and the 
band in the cell is intersected through half its length by an interrupted black line. On the 
under surface all the wings are reddish brown, suffused with violet-grey ; the fulvous mark- 
ings of the upperside are faintly visible : there are some whitish spots and clouds at the apex 
of primaries, and three pale spots ringed with reddish brown on the basal area of secondaries. 
Expanse, 78 millim., $ 90 millim. 
This is evidently a rare species. I have only received four specimens from 
Omei-shan and Kwei-chow. Abrota mirus, to which A. j^i^atti is closely 
allied, appears to be confined to Sikkim. 
Genus ATHYMA. 
^%mc, Westwood, Geii. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 272 (1850) j de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. 
p. 165 (1886). 
"EoDT robust; wings large and strong, generally with transverse white marks on a black ground. 
" Head moderate, with a few long hairs in front. 
Ei/es rather prominent, generally naked, but finely hirsute in some species. 
" Antennce not more than half the length of the fore wings, straight ; terminated by a long 
and gradually formed slender club, slightly obliquely truncate at the tip, and with a fine 
keel-like line down the underside. 
