Moths . APPENDIX. G-enus ACIDON, nov. Type, A. paradoxa, Hmpsn. Range. Bhutan. Palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching apex of frontaltuft, the 3rd long and spatulate at extremity; antennas of malefasciculate; patagia with long spatulate scales; abdomen withlarge dorsal tuft on 1st segment and smaller tuft on 2nd; tibiaemoderately hairy. Fore wing very long and narrow, the apexproduced and somewhat falcate, the outer margin very oblique;veins 2, 3 stalked; 4 from angle; 5 from middle of discocellulars;6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 8 being curved down tonear 7, then up to the co
Moths . APPENDIX. G-enus ACIDON, nov. Type, A. paradoxa, Hmpsn. Range. Bhutan. Palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching apex of frontaltuft, the 3rd long and spatulate at extremity; antennas of malefasciculate; patagia with long spatulate scales; abdomen withlarge dorsal tuft on 1st segment and smaller tuft on 2nd; tibiaemoderately hairy. Fore wing very long and narrow, the apexproduced and somewhat falcate, the outer margin very oblique;veins 2, 3 stalked; 4 from angle; 5 from middle of discocellulars;6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 8 being curved down tonear 7, then up to the costa; 10, 11 free, 10 being curved downclose to 8, 9. Hind wing long and narrow; veins 3, 4 from angleof cell; 5 from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked; 8 frommiddle of cell. 321 a. Acidon paradoxa, u. sp. c? . Head, thorax, and fore wing purplish, irrorated with fuscous;the last with sinuous antemedial and medial ochreous and fuscouslines; traces of a postmedial line terminating at outer angle; some. Fig. 247.—Acidon paradoxa, $. \. submarginal white specks. Abdomen fuscous with an ochreoustinge. Hind wing fuscous, pale at base and with a small markabove anal angle. Hab. Bhutan, 2500 feet {Dudgeon). Exp. 32 millim. Type CYMATOPHOMD^. 332 a. Gaurena tenuis, n. sp. 5 . Fuscous; build slender. Fore wing with the basal areagreyish, bounded by an obliquely sinuous line; small, dark-edged,grey orbicular and renif orm spots ; an ill-defined sinuous grey linefrom lower angle of cell to inner margin; an irregular grey sub-marginal line joined by an oblique mark from apex. Hind winggrey. Hab. Tatong, Sikhim, 13,000 feet (Bingham). Exp. 34 in B. M. 332 b. Gaurena argentisparsa, Dudgeon, MS. Head and thorax black and white; abdomen fuscous. Fore cymatophoridjE. 46a wing grey irrorated with black ; a black-edged white spot at basebelow median nervure; a white antemedial band edged by irre-gularly-waved black lines ; a small black-edged white orbicularand large roun
Size: 2491px × 1003px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisheretcetc, bookyear189
