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phalaena Distant 
1916 Ricanoptera phalaena Distant, Fauna of British India 6: 113; 
Fig. 83 [n. sp., illustrated] 1 
Localities: 1 Madras. 
polita Melichar 
1898 Ricanoptera polita Melichar, Yerh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 
392 (9) [n. sp.] 1 ' 2 
1898 Ricanoptera polita Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 256; 
PI. IX, Fig. 25 [n. sp., illustrated] 2 :254 [Key] 2 :256 [Comparative 
note] 
1906 Ricanoptera polita Distant, Fauna of British India 3: 384 [De- 
scribed, catalogued] 2 
1923 Ricanoptera polita Melichar, Gen. Insect. 182: 134 [Cata- 
logued] 2 
Localities: 1 Nicobar Island. 2 Little Nicobar. 
prominula Schmidt 
1905 Ricanoptera prominula Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 66: 180 [n. sp.] 1 
:194 [Listed] 
1906 [ Ricanoptera ] prominula Kirkaldy, Bull. Hawaiian Sugar PI. 
Assoc. Div. Ent. 1 (9):451 [Catalogued] 1 
1923 Ricanoptera prominula Melichar, Gen. Insect. 182: 134 [Cata- 
logued] 1 
Localities: 1 Queensland. 
pulchella. See Mesoricania pulchella Melichar. 
ramakrishna Distant 
1916 Ricanoptera ramakrishna Distant, Fauna of British India 6: 
112 [n. sp.] 1 
Localities: 1 Madras. 
reducta Haupt (var.). See Ricanoptera fenestrata var. reducta Haupt. 
straminea Schmidt 
1905 Ricanoptera straminea Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 66: 179 [n. 
sp.] 1 :194 [Listed] :181 [Comparative note] 
1923 Ricanoptera straminea Melichar, Gen. Insect. 182: 134 [Cata- 
logued] 1 
Localities: 1 Key Islands. 
varia Walker 
1870 Ricania varia Walker, Jour. Linnean Soc. Zool. 10: 155 [n. sp.] 1 
1898 [ Ricania ] varia Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 346 
[Described, catalogued] 1 
1909 Ricanoptera varia Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 328 
[Catalogued] 1 Equals Ricania varia Walk. 
