Moths . IA. Heortia, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. , Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 256 (1885). Type, H. dominates, Led., from the Malayan subregion. Range. China ; Sikhiin ; Assam ; Ceylon. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 2nd jointslightly fringed with scales, the 3rd porrect; maxillary palpi filiform ;frons rounded; antennae of male almost simple; hind tibiae with atuft of hair on outer side from base ; build stout. Fore wing withthe apex rounded ; vein 1 a strongly developed; 3 from beforeangle of cell; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9, to which 10 also isapproximated
Moths . IA. Heortia, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. , Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 256 (1885). Type, H. dominates, Led., from the Malayan subregion. Range. China ; Sikhiin ; Assam ; Ceylon. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 2nd jointslightly fringed with scales, the 3rd porrect; maxillary palpi filiform ;frons rounded; antennae of male almost simple; hind tibiae with atuft of hair on outer side from base ; build stout. Fore wing withthe apex rounded ; vein 1 a strongly developed; 3 from beforeangle of cell; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9, to which 10 also isapproximated. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell;4, 5 from the angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosingwith 8. 5059. Heortia vitessoides, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 256, pi. 178, figs. 3,3 a (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 4517. Head primrose-yellow; palpi and antennae black; thorax yellow,with black stripes on vertex and tegulae; abdomen orange, withblack lines on proximal segments. Fore wing primrose-yellow ;. Fig. 193.—Heortia vitessoides, $. \. two black subbasal spots ; outwardly oblique antemedial and medialbands, the former not reaching inner margin, the latter broader anddilated at costa and inner margin; the interspaces of outer areawith broad blue-black stripes. Hind wing white, with broad blue-black marginal band. Larva green; the head black ; a subdorsal black line with twospots on each somite below it; the stigmata black ; the ventralsurface yellowish green. Hah. Hongkong; Sikhim; Sibsagar; Ceylon. Exp. 40 millim. Genus ETJCLASTA. Euclasta, Led. Verh. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. , Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 544 (1859). Type, E. splendidalis, , from Syria. Range. Syria ; India, Ceylon, and Burma ; New Guinea ;Australia. Palpi with the 2nd joint upturned and broadly scaled in front,the 3rd porrect and lying on the hair of the 2nd joint; maxillary
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