. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 493 AECTIADtE. 2106. Axiopcena maura. Xomhyx maura, Eichw. Zool. Spec. ii. p. 196 (1832); Eoni. Mem. Lep. i. p. 86, pi. 5. f. 5 ; Hnipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 37; Staud. Cat. p. 57 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 258. Axiopcena , Menetr. Cat. Lep. Petersb. iii. p. 160, pi. 17. f. 5 (1863). Axiopoena fiuviatUls, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1885, p. 351, pi. 9. f. 7. Black-brown with a leaden gloss ; tegulae slightly edged with crimson in front and behind ; abdomen with
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 493 AECTIADtE. 2106. Axiopcena maura. Xomhyx maura, Eichw. Zool. Spec. ii. p. 196 (1832); Eoni. Mem. Lep. i. p. 86, pi. 5. f. 5 ; Hnipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 37; Staud. Cat. p. 57 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 258. Axiopcena , Menetr. Cat. Lep. Petersb. iii. p. 160, pi. 17. f. 5 (1863). Axiopoena fiuviatUls, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1885, p. 351, pi. 9. f. 7. Black-brown with a leaden gloss ; tegulae slightly edged with crimson in front and behind ; abdomen with more or less crimson on dor?nm towards base. Hind wing with the basal area pink. Eig. 221.—Axiopoena maura, S. |. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) except towards costa, on inner area extending to tornus; a pink spot usually present beyond discocellulars. Hah. Akmenia, Batoum, Krasnowodsk, 1 c^', 1 $, Zeller Coll.; TcRKOMANiA ; Persia, Bushire (Cumminrj), 1 cS ; Beloochistan, Quetta, 1 2 tyi^e fltcviatilis; Turkestan, 1 d*, 1 $. Exj)., 6 100, $ 116 millim. Genus RHODOaASTRIA. Type. Bhodoffasfria, Hubn. Verz. p. 172 (1827) astreas. Amerila, Wlk. iii. 725 (1855) astreas. Canopus, Wlk. iii. 747 (1855) nee Fabr. Hem. 1803 huho. Fhryqaiieomorpha, Wllgrn. (EtV. K. Eorhandl. xv. p. 214 (1858) astreas. Amhlythyris, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 137 (1879), non descr vitripenuis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the joints smoothly scaled ; antennae of male minutely ciliated ; tibia with the inner spurs long; abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched towards apex; vein 3 from near end of cell; 5 from above angle'; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the long areole, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell, 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. {Canopus). Male with a tuft of-hair between antennae rising above vertex of head ; for
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