APLECTA. By W. Warren. 
sikkim a. 
xanthocos- 
ma. 
piciula. 
rhodopleura. 
mediana. 
illoba. 
pacifica. 
declinans. 
assamica. 
semialba. 
reous patch before inner and beyond outer line in submedian interval; a whitish patch at apex; inner 
and outer lines double, black, filled in with pale ochreous; subterminal line formed of pale spots pre¬ 
ceded by obscure dentate black markings; claviform stigma small, slightly outlined in black; orbicular 
and reniform with pale black-edged annuli, the former small and round, the latter narrow; hindwing 
fuscous, paler toAVards base; fringe with pale tips. A South Indian species, recorded from the Nilgiri 
Hills and Ceylon. 
P. sikkima Moore (9 f). Differs from pannosa in being nearly uniform pale rufous, without 
dark suffusion, and Avitli the pale patches inconspicuous. Occurs in N. India only; Kasauli, Punjab, 
and Sikkim. 
P. xanthocosma Trnr. (9f). Forewing reddish brown; inner line double, filled in with ochreous, 
slightly sinuous, preceded by a black mark above inner margin; outer line black, edged outwardly with 
ochreous, and followed by an ochreous patch from vein 2 to inner margin; subterminal line ochreous, 
with the terminal area* beyond it brown; claviform stigma short and black; no orbicular; the reniform 
ochreous defined by black, with a black spot in its lower half and constricted in middle; an och¬ 
reous streak before it in end of cell; hindwing whitish, brown-tinged, especially towards termen. De¬ 
scribed from a single $ said to be from Queensland, Australia. 
P. piciula White (9g). Forewing greyish olive, with a faint pink tinge; the lines black, fine; 
the inner curved, the outer lunulate dentate, incurved below middle; a median shade passes between the 
stigmata; subterminal line with blackish spots in the intervals on each side; a terminal row of black-edged 
yellow spots; fringe chequered; reniform stigma containing externally a large oval pure white spot, often 
with a white dot above and below it; hindwing deep pink with a greenish fuscous terminal border; fringe 
and cell spot grey; the sides of the abdomen are deep pink; the dorsal crests black. Taken at Lake Coleridge 
in the South Island, NeAV Zealand. 
P. rhodopleura Meyr. Resembles the preceding species, pictula, but the reniform stigma is filled 
up with greenish; the lines are not so dark, and are edged with yellowish; hindwing dark fuscous 
grey with a pink tinge showing through and a terminal row of yellow spots. Found in the north 
Island, at Napier and Wellington, NeAV Zealand. Larva dark green; dorsal stripe yellowish white edged 
with black; subdorsal lines yellowish, edged also with black; lateral stripe broad, conspicuous, formed 
of 4 narroAV lines, yellow, orange, white, and black; on Pimelia laevigata, feeding on the leaves, young 
shoots, and floAvers, pupating in the ground. 
P. mediana Moore (9 g). Forewing greyish white, thickly dark dusted; inner line obliquely Avaved, 
angled outwards in cell and above inner margin; outer line dentate, the teeth forming black points on the 
veins, indented beyond cell, and strongly incurved beloAV middle; subterminal line Avith the area beyond 
it brown, otherwise undefined; median area dull reddish brown; claviform stigma absent; orbicular and 
reniform small, conjoined below, with brown centres; hindwing fuscous. A North Indian species, re¬ 
corded from Kulu, Sultanpur, Simla, and Sabathu, all in the Punjab. 
P. illoba Btlr. (Vol. 3, pi. 17 a). Forewing dull grey brown with a violet sheen; all the mark¬ 
ings indistinct; claviform stigma darker, also lower half of reniform; orbicular pale; veins towards 
margin marked with black and grey scales; a brown shade before submarginal line; hindwing brownish 
fuscous; - — pacifica Btlr. (Vol. 3, pi. 17 a) is a paler, dingier, form, grey broAvn without any violet 
tinge; lines and stigmata much clearer; the hindwing dirty whitish, A\ r ith the termen broadly fuscous, 
the veins and cellspot dark; - — declinans Stgr., from Amurland, has the foreAvings, head, and thorax 
tinged with bright rufous. Of this species hitherto recorded only from the palaearctic region, — Amurland, 
China, and Japan, -—- there are examples in the Tring Museum from the Khasia Hills, Assam; this form 
■— subsp. assamica subsp. nov. (9 g) has the forewing greyish fuscous with a very faint reddish tinge; the three 
stigmata redbrown, the upper two with pale outlines; hindwing whitish, with the cellspot, veins, a diffuse 
broad terminal, and a narrow abdominal border fuscous; an aberration of it occurs, ab. semialba ab. 
nov. (9h), in which the hindwing is A\diolly Avhite, with merely a faint greyish tinge towards apex; both 
forms, beside their smaller size, may be easily distinguished by the white hindwings. 
9. Genus ; Aplecta Guen. 
Differs from Polia in the larger size of the insects composing it, with narrower more elongate 
Avings; antennae of $ simple or slightly ciliated. Their larvae are hatched in autumn, hybernate lialf- 
groAAm, and feed up in spring; pupation in an earthen cocoon. Type A. nebulosa Hfngl. — A genus mainly of 
Palaearctic species, only one occurring in the Indo-oriental region. 
A. scotochlora Roll. (= stevensii Guen.) (Vol. 3, pi. 20 a). ForeAving ochreous Avhitish, dusted Avith 
scotochlora. 
