Moths . betweenthe two lines; an obscure discocellular lunule ; the cilia of bothwings ochreous. Underside with postmedial grey-edged ochreous. Hob. Ceylon; Eangoon. Exp. 14 millim. 4562. Herculia marthalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 270. Herculia bractealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 808 ; Hmpm. III. Het. ix,pi. 172, fig. 2; no. 4512. Scarlet suffused with pink. Fore wing with slightly curvedantemedial fuscous lines and sinuous postmedial line ; some yellowspecks on medial part of costa, often expanding into spots at theorigin of the lines. Hind wing redder, with antemedial andmedial fusco
Moths . betweenthe two lines; an obscure discocellular lunule ; the cilia of bothwings ochreous. Underside with postmedial grey-edged ochreous. Hob. Ceylon; Eangoon. Exp. 14 millim. 4562. Herculia marthalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 270. Herculia bractealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 808 ; Hmpm. III. Het. ix,pi. 172, fig. 2; no. 4512. Scarlet suffused with pink. Fore wing with slightly curvedantemedial fuscous lines and sinuous postmedial line ; some yellowspecks on medial part of costa, often expanding into spots at theorigin of the lines. Hind wing redder, with antemedial andmedial fuscous lines approaching each other towards inner margin;cilia of both wings golden yellow. Some specimens are more or less completely suffused with fuscous. Hab. Ceylon; Borneo. Exp., 6 24-30. $ 30-36 millim. 4563. Herculia igniflualis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 268; Hmpm. HI. Het. ix, pi. 172, fig. 10; 8. no. dorcasalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. healealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. IV. M. 162 PYRAMID. Differs from marthalis in being suffused with brown; the costa and. outer margin offore wing and the hind wingpinkish; the ante- and post-medial lines indistinct, thelatter with pale outer edge;fore wing with dark Nilgiris ; Ceylon ;Fig. 92.—Herculia ignijhtalis, <$. \. Borneo. Exp. 22-24 millim. 4564. Herculia suffusalis, WVk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1235; C. $ S. no. 4466. Differs from igniflualis in being purplish fuscous; the anal tuftorange; wings with the lines almost obsolete and with largeyellow spots at their origin on costa of fore wing. Hab. Sind ; Poona; Calcutta ; Rangoon. Exp. 26 millim. Sect. II. (Dolicliomia). Patagia of male reaching far beyondthe metathorax. 4565. Herculia dharmsalse, Butl. III. Set. vii, p. 92, pi. 134, fig. 13. Head and thorax pale reddish brown; abdomen fuscous ; theanal tuft rufous. Pore wing with the basal area rufous, boundedby a straight white line ; the medial area pale brown, with minutedark cell-speck and spe
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