Notes on the Lepidoptera of the Family Zygnid, with ... - Wallace Online

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discal and other spots rather smaller than in S. lucina ; fringe at apex
white, all the hyaline spots much whiter: expanse of wings 31
millims.
Khasia hills (G.-Austerh).
Type, coll. F. Moore.
4. S. CYSSEOIDES, n. sp.
Nearly allied to S. cysaea, but the frons black, and the hyaline spots of
secondaries smaller and widely separated : expanse of wings 27
millims.
Neilgherries. Type, coll. F. Moore.
Larger form, rather darker.
Mynpuri, N.W. provinces, and Bombay (Leith).
Coll. Moore.
5. S. EDWARDSII, 11. sp.
Nearly allied to S. lucina, but more bluish in tint, the frons black j collal,
orange ; hands on addomen and lateral spots orange-yellow ; primaries
with all the hyaline spots rather larger ; secondaries with the
hyaline spots connected, nune of the spots, excepting that on ahdominal
margin of secondaries, tinted with yellowish, as in S. Zueina : expanse
of wings 29 millims.
Formosa. Type, coll. F. Moore.
1 have named this species after the indefatigable collector and
entomologist, €1. Edwards, of San Francisco.
(i. S. FORMOSB, n. sp.
Nearly allied to S. annetta from China, but with the collar orange, the
two bands on the abdomen and the spots on the pectus orange instead
of yellow, all the spots on the primaries smaller, a hyaline spot near
apex of secondaries uniting with the hyaline basal area, thus rendering
its margin zigzag : expanse of wings 25 millims.
Formosa. Type, coll. F. Moorc.
7. S. HYIIATINA, n. sp.
6. Body greenish black, frons creamy yellow ; a spot on metathorax,
a semicircular spot on basal segment of abdomen, the fourth segment
above and below, and two large lateral spots on the pectus golden-
yellow : antennae greyish at the tips : wings greenish black; prima-
ries with a small square spot near the base, two large divergent spots
across the middle, a small oval spot just below base of subcostal fork,
and a bifd spot (cut by the third median branch) upon disk, hyalinr
white; secondaries with a large spot (occupying the greater part of
the wing) on abdominal margin hyaline white : expanse of wings 23
millims.
Calcutta (Dick.). Type, coll. F. Moore.
Allied to 5'. niznetta.
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