J2m \6\k> % THE TAXONOMY OF THE DREPANINAE REPRESENTED IN CHINA, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR WORLD DISTRIBUTION (LEPIDOPTERA : DREPANIDAE) <&■ A. WATSON BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) ENTOMOLOGY Supplement 12 LONDON: 1968 THE TAXONOMY OF THE DREPANINAE REPRESENTED IN CHINA, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR WORLD DISTRIBUTION (LEPIDOPTERA : DREPANIDAE) BY A. WATSON 14 Plates, 293 Text-figs. BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) ENTOMOLOGY Supplement 12 LONDON: 1968 THE BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (natural history), instituted in 1949, is issued in five series corresponding to the Departments of the Museum, and an Historical series. Parts will appear at irregular intervals as they become ready. Volumes will contain about three or four hundred pages, and will not necessarily be completed within one calendar year. In 1965 a separate supplementary series of longer papers was instituted, numbered serially for each Department. This paper is Supplement No. 12 of the Entomo- logical series. The abbreviated titles of periodicals cited follow those of the World List of Scientific Periodicals. World List abbreviation : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) ic TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) Issued 13 November, 1968 Price £5 THE TAXONOMY OF THE DREPANINAE REPRESENTED IN CHINA, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR WORLD DISTRIBUTION (LEPIDOPTERA : DREPANIDAE) By A. WATSON CONTENTS Synopsis Introduction Distribution . Key to Genera Main Taxonomic Part References . Index Page 3 3 6 *4 16 145 149 SYNOPSIS A review is given of the taxonomy and distribution of the 76 species of Chinese Drepaninae, and the taxonomic status of a further 8 species is examined. The genera Agnidra, Albara, Betalbara, Callicilix, Didymana, Nordstroemia and Pseudalbara are revised. A new genus, Par albara, 14 new species and 10 new subspecies are described. 30 names are newly placed in synonymy, three names are extracted from synonymy, and 31 changes in the combination of species-group and generic names are made. A key to the genera of Drepaninae found in China is given. The world distribution of the genera, species and subspecies of Drepaninae represented in China is discussed. The species distribution is compared with that of the Oretinae, the other subfamily of Drepanidae present in China. For purposes of this paper China, Formosa and Tibet are included in the term ' China '. INTRODUCTION The British Museum (Natural History) has for several years possessed Drepaninae material from Szechwan and adjacent provinces of China, chiefly from the collections of Charles Oberthur and J. H. Leech. In the early 1960's I was able to study the Drepaninae from the valuable collection made by the late Dr. H. Hone (see Gross, 1962), now housed in the Museum Alexander Koenig, in Bonn, Germany, which includes examples from eastern and central provinces of China where little or no previous collecting had been carried out. The collection at Bonn together with the BM(NH) material and specimens from several European museums and the United States National Museum have made possible this survey of the Drepaninae of China. The opportunity has been taken to broaden the scope of this paper to include related species from India, Japan and other areas associated zoogeographically with 4 A. WATSON China wherever sufficient material was available or where knowledge of these species is particularly relevant to the identification and distribution of the Chinese species. This inclusion of non-Chinese species anticipates, to some extent, future records of species not yet known from China. Seven of the Drepaninae genera represented in China have been revised as a result of this wider treatment. The nominal genera Ditrigona Moore (1887 : 258), Peridrepana Butler (1889 : 43) and Leucodrepana Hampson (1892 : 333) are excluded from discussion in the following paper as they are currently being revised by Dr. C. Wilkinson. A revision of Teldenia Moore (1882 : 119) was published by Wilkinson (1967) during the final stages of the preparation of this paper. Two species of Teldenia have been recorded from China. Apart from the extensive collection in the Museum Koenig, Bonn, important material has been lent to me by the following museums and institutes : Hope Department, University Museum, Oxford, U.K. ; Landhauptstadt Wiesbaden Stadtisches Museum, Germany ; Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France ; Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria ; Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden ; Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Netherlands ; United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Leningrad, U.S.S.R. Further material was borrowed from the private collections of Drs. F. Daniel (Munich), H. Inoue (Japan), and H. Yamamoto (Japan). The types of nearly all the nominal species mentioned in the text have been examined by the author either in the BM(NH) or in European museums. The types of Matsumura species have been kindly studied for me by Dr. H. Inoue in Japan. Lectotypes have been selected where necessary and where it has been possible to examine the syntypic material. I should like to acknowledge the generous co-operation of the following workers who have helped by arranging loans of material or in other ways : Dr. C. Besuchet, Geneva, Switzerland ; Dr. F. Daniel, Munich, Germany ; Dr. D. Davis, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; Dr. W. D. Duckworth, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; Dr. M. Falkovitch, Leningrad, U.S.S.R. ; Mr. D. S. Fletcher, London, U.K. ; Dr. W. Forster, Munich, Germany ; Dr. E. Franz, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany ; Dr. F. J. Gross, Wies- baden, Germany ; Dr. H. J. Hannemann, Berlin, D.D.R. ; the late Dr. B. Hanson, Stockholm, Sweden ; Dr. H. Inoue, Fujisawa, Japan ; Dr. F. Kasy, Vienna, Austria ; Dr. A. I. Kurentzov, Vladivostok, U.S.S.R. ; Dr. C. Lemaire, Paris, France ; Dr. B. Mannheims, Bonn, Germany ; Dr. I. W. B. Nye, London, U.K. ; Dr. E. C. Popham, Salford, U.K. ; Dr. U. Roesler, Bonn, Germany ; Dr. K. Sattler, London, U.K. ; Dr. H. Schroder, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany ; Mr. E. Taylor, Oxford, U.K. ; Dr. E. Todd, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; Professor G. C. Varley, Oxford, U.K. ; Dr. P. Viette, Paris, France ; Mr. P. E. S. Whalley, London, U.K. ; Dr. C. Wilkinson, Portsmouth, U.K. ; Dr. H. Yamamoto, Fukuoka, Japan. The technical assistance of Miss K. Brookes, Miss R. Hauenstein and Mrs. J. E. Saunders is also gratefully acknowledged. It would be difficult to overestimate the magnanimous help given to me by the late Dr. H. Hone of the Museum Koenig, Bonn, who made available his superb CHINESE DREPANINAE 5 Chinese collection. My thanks are also to his widow whose many kindnesses during my work on the collection at Bonn are not forgotten. The photographic work was done in the Photographic Section of the British Museum (Natural History) under the supervision of Mr. M. G. Sawyers. Text-figures i, 5, 9, 12, 18, 19, 20, 27, 57, 61, 108, 114, 128, 132, 133, 138, 143, 149, 153, and 158 were drawn by Mr. Arthur Smith. The remaining drawings, except for text-figures 89-96, 101-104, 165-182, 203-218, 251-274 and 291-293, which were drawn by the author, were prepared by Mrs. J. E. Saunders. The term ' comb, rev.' is used to denote a change in the combination of a specific or subspecific name and a generic name which restores a previously published combination ; ' comb, n.' is used in the usual way to denote a new combination ; sp. rev.' and ' ssp. rev.' are used to denote, respectively, species and subspecies names which have been removed from synonymy. BM(NH) is an abbreviation of British Museum (Natural History). Names of other institutions have been short- ened, not abbreviated in the strict sense, the full titles being given above. Biblio- graphical references in the text are given mainly in a shortened form, the full refer- ence appearing at the end of the paper. The form of the descriptions is similar to that in Watson (1965 : 7) except that the fore wing measurements are given in the following sequence : range of measure- ments in the material examined from apex to centre of mesoscutum, followed, in parentheses, by the number of specimens measured. Some of the more unusual morphological characters merit comment here. For example, in Cilix, Sc + Ri (vein 8) anastomoses with the base of the cell a short distance after it arises from the base of the hind wing, in contrast with most other Drepanidae in which Sc -\- Ri anastomoses with or approximates to Rs for a short distance distal to the end of the cell. The only other exceptions found so far are Phalacropsis carnosa Swinhoe, Phalacra edentata Hampson, Phalacra kerara Swinhoe and Phalacra tenera Swinhoe (see Gaede 1931, for references to original descriptions), all of which are Oriental species that have not been recorded from China. Also unusual in the Drepaninae is the presence in the males of Pseudalbara of a vestigial frenulum, which is present as a short costal process concealed by scales. All other Drepaninae have a reason- ably well-developed frenulum in the male, as in the Madagascan Nidarinae, but in contrast with the Oretinae, the males and females of which lack a frenulum. Modification of the seventh as well as the eighth abdominal sternum in the male is present in the abdomen of Paralbara, Albara, Betalbara, Agnidra, Thymistida, Nordstroemia, Didymana and Strepsigonia. The seventh sternite may be sym- metrical or asymmetrical bilaterally. In Strepsigonia two separate medial sclerites seem to have been derived from the seventh abdominal sternum ; both sclerites are bilaterally asymmetric. The medial eighth abdominal sternite is usually bilaterally symmetric, but can be asymmetric as in Paralbara. Lateral sacs are found associated with the pleural region of the eighth segment in some species of Betalbara and Agnidra, and in one species of Nordstroemia. In some species of Betalbara and Agnidra separate lateral sclerites are placed on either side of the normal medial eighth sternite. 6 A. WATSON The key to genera and most of the keys to species are based on males alone. There are two main reasons for this : firstly that the females of some species are not yet known, and secondly that it is difficult or impossible at this stage to identify the females of some groups of closely related species. Reference to a particular country or area in the paragraph on distribution in each species description indicates that material from there has been identified during the present study. DISTRIBUTION Generic distribution. (See Table i.) Most of the genera of Drepaninae which occur in China have been recently revised, or are fairly well known in that their taxonomy appears to be reasonably satisfactory and that identification of the included species presents little difficulty. It has been possible, therefore, to show in Table i the world distribution of these genera. Where genera have been revised in the present paper, details of the distribution of all the included species have been given in the Table ; the species of recently revised genera are listed in the Table only if they are known to occur in China, but the full world distribution of each genus is indicated. The species of other genera whose taxonomy is in an acceptable state but which have not been revised recently or in this paper are listed fully. It has been possible to give some idea in the Table of the distribution of the remaining genera only when the generic placement of the included species is considered to be probably correct. Nine of the 26 genera of Drepaninae present in China are either endemic to the Indo-Chinese Subregion or have a high proportion of Indo-Chinese species with incursions chiefly into the south-eastern limits of the Palaearctic Region and into the Malayan Subregion. Tridrepana and Canucha extend to the Papuan Sub- region, including the Solomons {Tridrepana). Palaeodrepana, Drepana and Cilix do not occur east of the Indo-Chinese Subregion but extend westwards into Europe (including Britain). Although some taxonomic reappraisal of Strepsigonia, Drape- todes and Hyalospectra is needed, it seems likely that the former two will prove to be chiefly Malayan, while the range of Hyalospectra will probably prove to be com- parable with that of Canucha or Tridrepana. Callidrepana is unique in the Drepaninae in that it is represented both in the Oriental Region and in the Ethiopian Region where three West African species are known (see Watson, 1965). No comment can be made on the details of its Oriental distribution until a generic revision has been carried out. Although the overall pattern of distribution may be distorted by the possibility of differential extinction and the certainty that the areas involved have not been uniformly covered by collectors, it seems reasonable to suppose that the apparent high percentages of endemism in the Indo-Chinese Subregion represent the real pattern of distribution. Thymistida, Didymana and Thymistadopsis, for example, are unknown beyond the limits of the Indo-Chinese Subregion, while in Paralbara, Agnidra, Betalbara, Nordstroemia, Deroca and Auzata the percentages of specific endemism in this Subregion range from 60% in Betalbara to 83% in Auzata. This CHINESE DREPANINAE 7 high degree of endemism possibly reflects the enhanced opportunities for speciation in the varied ecological conditions resulting from the Cenozoic elevation of the Himalayas and suggests that this part of south-eastern Asia can reasonably be considered as the probable centre of origin for several Drepaninae genera. The Papuan Subregion forms another centre of endemism in Tridrepana and Canucha — possibly a secondary centre at least in Tridrepana which has a greater proportion of endemic Indo-Chinese species than Papuan species. A pattern of distribution similar to that in Tridrepana occurs in Oreta (Drepanidae, Oretinae) (see Watson, 1967). The small genus Cilix is known from Western Europe, the Mediterranean area (including North Africa), the Middle East, Afghanistan, northern India, China, Korea, Japan and south-eastern Russia ; a pattern which suggests a dispersal route for the genus from a possible Indo-Chinese centre, where the greatest degree of endemism occurs. The pre-Glacial pattern of distribution might, however, have revealed a more northerly route or a much broader North-South distribution. Specific distribution. (See Table 1.) A total of 76 species of Drepaninae have so far been described from China. A further one or perhaps two species of the genus Drapetodes occur there but have not yet been described. Fifty-three species are endemic to the Indo-Chinese Subregion. Sixteen species are shared by the Indo- Chinese Subregion and the Manchurian Subregion of the Palaearctic Region, with two of these species, Drepana curvatula and Palaeodrepana harpagula, extending into Western Europe and the British Isles. Three species are found in both the Indo-Chinese and Malayan Subregions ; one species occurs in the Indo-Chinese, Malayan and Indian Subregions ; one species is common to the Indo-Chinese and Malayan Subregions and Celebes, and one to the Indo-Chinese, Indian and Malayan Subregions and Celebes. One species is Manchurian but is not known from else- where in China. The species of Drepaninae found in China are thus predominantly endemic to the Indo-Chinese Subregion, with incursions chiefly into the adjacent Malayan and Indian Subregions of the Oriental Region and into the Manchurian Subregion of the Palaearctic Region. Only four of the Chinese species extend beyond these limits ; they are Drepana curvatula and Palaeodrepana harpagula which are found in Western Europe, and Tridrepana fulvata and Canucha specularis whose ranges extend as far east as Celebes. Except for specularis, each of the latter four species is represented at the periphery of its range by a subspecies different from that occuring in China. Within China, judging from the high degree of endemism and the presence of several groups of closely related species, the provinces of Szechwan and Yunnan apparently form a centre of evolutionary activity for many genera (the Yunnan Centre of de Lattin, 1957), with a second, less well defined centre in the hilly eastern provinces of Chekiang and Fukien. The distribution of the Chinese species of Oreta Walker and Cyclura Warren (Drepanidae, Oretinae) (see Watson, 1967), is comparable with that of the Drepaninae except that no species of Oreta, or indeed Oretinae, occurs in Western Europe and there is apparently no zoogeographical match in the Drepaninae for the Nearctic 8 A. WATSON Oreta rosea Walker which is closely allied to the Chinese species 0. pulchripes Butler. One genus of Drepaninae, Drepana Schrank, is represented both in China and the Nearctic Region, but in contrast with Oreta the two Nearctic species of Drepana, arcuata Walker (1855 : 164) and bilineata Packard (1864 : 376), apparently have their closest relatives in Western Europe. However arcuata is not taxonomically distant from curvatula Borkhausen, which is found not only in Western Europe but also in the Oriental Region (including China) and the eastern limits of the Palae- arctic Region. Table i The World Distribution of the genera, species and subspecies of Drepaninae represented in China p ) Oriental Region [Subdivisions m Z is are those of Gressitt (1956)] 3" 5' p H O P >t3 r+ H p_ 3 O 3; P p' 3 >-t OQ O b'5: 3 3 C/3 p" p p' 3 CD *3' C P 3 <2 O 3 3 w c CD C l-t 3' ct> 03 CD C 0' 3 3 re u 1 H ft crq_ ■-1 C& <7Q O O a 5' 3 3 0' 3 H g <-t- 0> p £ Q 3 > O 3- Cfl >-h, c d X •-! •-i a P n> °S 3 CTQ 0' Cfi 5" 3 3 cr a> (TO 5' 3 3 (Col. 1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (IO) (11) (12) Albara Walker X X X reversaria Walker X X X reversaria reversaria X reversaria opalescens Warren X X Par albara gen. n. X X X muscularia Walker X X perhamata Hampson X spicula sp. n. X X X pallidinota sp. n. X CHINESE DREPANINAE (Col. I) Thymistida Walker nigritincta Warren tripunctata Walker undilineata Warren Agnidra Moore hoenei sp. n. fulvior sp. n. furva sp. n. fenestra Leech specular ia Walker corticata Warren corticata corticata corticata francki ssp. n. vinacea Moore scabiosa Butler scabiosa scabiosa scabiosa fix seni Bryk fuscilinea Watson discispilaria Moore Betalbara Matsumura acuminata Leech manleyi Leech manleyi manic vi manleyi prolatior ssp. n. prunicolor Moore leucoslicta Hampson flavilinea flavilinea Leech flavilinea flavilinea Leech flavilinea shensiensis ssp. n. cupreogrisea Hampson rectilinea sp. n. rugosa sp. n. violacea Butler robusta Oberthiir Pseudalbara Inouc parvalu Leech fusci fascia sp. n. Nordstroemia Bryk vira Moore bicostata Hampson bicoslata bicostata bicostata opalescens Oberthiir agna Oberthiir problematica Bryk argenticeps Warren sumatrana Roepke japonica Moore grisearia Staudinger (2) (3) 4) (5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ■ X X X X X X X X X X (6) (7) (8) (9) (io) (12) A. WATSON (Col. i) recava sp. n. lilacina Moore simillima Moore siccifolia Roepke ochrozona Bryk duplicata Warren humerata Warren undata sp. n. Didymana Bryk bidens Leech Palaeodrepana Inoue harpagula Esper harpagula harpagula Esper harpagula olivacea Inoue harpagula emarginata ssp. n. harpagula bitorosa ssp. n. binaria Hufnagel cultraria Fabricius Strepsigonia Warren [Generic revision needed. 6 species at present recognized] diluta Warren other material examined Canucha Walker curvaria Walker sublignata Warren ST n P 5' 3 5" 3 7; (3) Oriental Region [Subdivisions are those of Gressitt (1956)] (4) x p p 3 m c cr CTQ o' (6) o ►5' ►T3 (8) (9) p c p 3 C/J c a* w 3" p O H O T) r+ P O 3 S3 5S n i/« O 3 3 >o) 12 CHINESE DREPAXIXAK (Col. i) specularis Moore duplexa Moore duplexa duplexa Moore duplexa birmana Moore bouvieri Oberthiir miranda Warren Drepana Schrank [Generic revision needed. 1 1 species are at present recognized : generic distribution doubtful.] curvatula Borkhausen curvatula curvatula Borkhausen curvatula acuta Butler rufofasciata Hampson pallida Moore pallida pallida Moore pallida cretacea Moore pallida flexuosa ssp. n. pallida nigromaculata Okano dispilala Warren dispilata dispilata Warren dispilata rufata ssp. n. dispilata grisearipennis Strand other species Tridrepana Swinhoe [See revision by Watson (1957) f° r distribution of remaining 24 species.] fulvata Snellen tulruta fulvata Snellen fulvata brevis Watson fulvata, undescribed subspecies arihana Matsumura arikana arikana Matsumura arikana falcipen nis crocea Leech unispina Watson finita Watson rubromarginata Leech ; ubromarginata rubromarginata Leech rubromarginata indica Watson thermopasta Hampson maculosa Watson marginata Watson fulva Hampson other species Callidrepana Hampson [Generic revision needed. 26 species at present recognized.] (2) (3) (4) (5) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X (6) X (7) x (8) X (9) (10) (11) (12) XXX XXX A. WATSON (Col. i) patrana Moore patrana patrana Moore patrana palleollus Motschulsky ovata sp. n. gemina sp. n. gemina gemina gemina curta ssp. n. hirayamai Nagano hirayamai hirayamai Nagano hirayamai forcipulaia Nagano other species Drapetodes Guenee [Generic revision needed : 10 species at present recognized] i or 2 unidentified species (Chinese) other species Thymistadopsis Warren albidescens Hampson trilinearia Moore trilinearia trilinearia Moore trilinearia pidvis Oberthiir undulifera Hampson Deroca Walker [Generic revision by Watson (1959).] hyalina Walker hyalina hyalina Walker hyalina latizona Watson hidda Swinhoe hidda hidda Swinhoe Oriental Region [Subc ivisions p are those of Gressitt (1956)] O' ^3 p_ 3 St n CD a hd fD °s 5' 3 -1 0R3 O 5' E 3 3 to p" ■< p 3 5' 3 w. c 0" n en •5' 12 3' ft> p 3 tn "1 cr" Q cr CD 5" 3 -1 CO CK5 n £0 CTQ 5' o" 3 W § X cd 3 a P HH t-t- en 3 O 2; O cr !> *-*. >-H c w CD 2 p" a" 0' 3 •-1 a c 2. 3 cr >i 0' 3 3 (2) (3) X X X X (4) X X X X X X (5) X X X (6) (7) (8) (9) (IO) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x X X X x X X X X X X X X X X w c *2 p' 3 °2 5" p 7C ft OfQ (II) CHINESE DREPANIXAE 13 (Col. 1) huida bifida Watson pulla Watson inconclusa Walker inconclusa inconclusa Walker inconclusa concinna Warren inconclusa carinata Watson inconclusa phasma Butler Callicilix Butler abraxata Butler abraxata abraxata Butler abraxata nguldoe Oberthiir Auzata Walker [Genus revised by Watson (1959)] semipavonaria Walker chinensis Leech chinensis chinensis Leech chinensis prolixa Watson chinensis arcuata Watson simpliciata Warren superba Butler superba superba Butler superba cristata Watson minuta Leech minuta minuta Leech minuta spiculata Watson ocellata Warren Macrocilix Butler mysticata Walker mvsticata mysticata Walker mysticata watsoni Inoue mysticata brevinotata Watson maia Leech taiwana Wileman orbiferata Walker orbiferala orbiferata Walker orbiferata cilicoides Snellen sericea Warren Hyalospectra Warren [Generic revision needed. Generic distribution doubtful] hyalinata Moore Cilix Leech glaucata Scopoli asiatica Bang- Haas depalpata Strand filipjevi Kardakoff filipjevi filipjevi Karkakoff filipjevi malivora Inoue palula sp. n. (2) (3) X X X X X X X X X x X X (4) y X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X v X X X X X X X V X (5) X X X X X ' X X X X X X x y (6) X x X X (7) (8) (9) (10) (II) X X X X X X X X X X X H A. WATSON (Col. i) danieli sp. n. tatsienluica Oberthur Macrauzata Butler [Genus in need of revision] fenestraria Moore minor Okano maxima Inoue maxima maxima Inoue maxima chinensis Inoue other material examined Phalacra Walker [Genus in need of revision. Generic distribution doubtful. 12 species at present recognized.] strigata Warren undescribed species p. Oriental Reg ion [Subd ivisions 5 p. are those of Gressitt (1956)] c a OTQ a- 0- 1 p_ p" •< 3 a. p' 3 n £. cT cr CD p; "2 p 3 P 3 c ' 5' E 3 3 o> 3 cr 3' CD C/2 C EC •-i cr CD cr CD °S. 1-1 (7Q 3 0' O <3 5' w g £ 0> 3 01 P C/3 3 o £ O O cr > i-** l-K C/) W 2 p cn p' cr <2 P 5' C/) 05 P c cr i 0> °S 5° p 5' 3 (2) (3) (4) X X (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X w S- o' 13 p' p ~ 7C 5' P p 50 o> OQ 5' 3 12 Key to Genera based on the Oriental Species Males Apex of fore wing falcate (e.g. PI. i, fig. 294) ....... 5 Apex of fore wing not falcate (e.g. PL 12, fig. 373) ...... 2 Ground-colour of upper surface of wings white ....... 3 Ground-colour of upper surface of wings not white . . DRAPETODES (p. 124) Anal angle of upper surface of hind wing with some yellow coloration MACROCILIX (p. 131) Anal angle of upper surface of hind wing with no yellow coloration ... 4 Wings transparent, sparsely scaled ...... DEROCA (p. 127) Wings not transparent, ground-colour opaque white .... CILIX (p. 137) CHINESE DREPANINAE 15 5 Frenulum vestigial, not visible without removal of surrounding scales. Colour- pattern as in PI. 3, figs. 320 or 321 . . . . PSEUDALBARA (p. 65) - Frenulum well-devloped. Colour-pattern not as in PI. 3, figs. 320 or 321 . . 6 6 Ground-colour of wings white .......... 7 - Ground-colour of wings not white . . . . . . . . . 11 7 Wings with large transparent areas as in PI. 13, fig. 378 . HYALOSPECTRA (p. 136) - Wings not as in PI. 13, fig. 378 ......... 8 8 Transverse lines on upper surface of hind wing lunulate or dentate ... 9 - Transverse lines on upper surface of hind wings not indented THYM1STADOPS1S (p. 124) 9 Antennae lamellate. Hind tibia with two pairs of well-developed spurs AUZATA (p. 130) - Antennae not lamellate. Hind tibia with one pair of spurs (Drepana) ; or with two pairs of spurs, in which case the outer spur of the proximal pair is vestigial and not visible without removal of the surrounding scales (Callicilix) . . . 10 10 Hind tibia with one pair of spurs ... . . DREPANA (part) (p. 103) - Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs ..... CALLICILIX (p. 127) 11 Hind wing with tail or angulate process at outer angle or anal angle ... 12 - Hind wing without tail or angulate process at outer angle or anal angle . . 13 12 Antenna bipectinate. Outer margin of fore wing with process THYMISTIDA (p. 24) - Antenna lamellate. Outer margin of fore wing without process . PHALACRA (p. 143) 13 Highly lustrous scales present on upper surface of wings ; especially along costa, outer margin and at distal end of cell .... CALLIDREPANA (p. 113) - Upper surface of wings without highly lustrous scales ..... 14 14 Outer margin of fore wing with process (e.g. PI. 4, fig. 331) . . . . 15 - Outer margin of fore wing without process ....... 16 15 Ground-colour of upper surface of fore wing the same as that of hind wing. Distal third of hind wing yellowish brown, not paler than rest of wing (e.g. PI. 4, fig. 331) PALAEODREPANA (p. 92) - Ground-colour of upper surface of fore wing much darker than that of hind wing. 1 >istal third of hind wing yellowish white, paler than rest of wing (PI. 11, fig. 357) DIDYMANA (p. 92) 16 Base and proximal part of shaft of antennae clothed in highly lustrous scales NORDSTROEMIA (part) (p. 69) - Antennae without highly lustrous scales . . . . . . . . 17 17 Ground-colour of upper surface of wings yellow . . . TRIDREPANA (p. m) - Ground-colour of upper surface of wings not yellow ...... 18 18 Postmedial fascia on upper surface of fore wing straight (e.g. PI. 3, fig. 315) . . 19 - Postmedial fascia on upper surface of fore wing not straight .... 24 19 Postmedial fascia on upper surface of hind wing arcuate ; dentate or non-dentate . 20 - Postmedial fascia on upper surface of hind wing straight ; not dentate . . 21 20 Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs ...... AGNIDRA (p. 29) - Hind tibia with one pair of spurs ..... DREPANA (part) (p. 103) 21 Proximal half of costa of fore wing concave or straight ; strongly convex near apex (e.g. PI. 11, fig. 366) CANUCHA (p. 99) - Proximal half of costa convex ; not strongly convex near apex .... 22 22 Antenna uniserrate ...... AGNIDRA (part) (p. 29) - Antenna bipectinate or lamellate ......... 23 23 Subterminal fascia on upper surface of fore and hind wings represented by series of dots ; fascia darker than rest of wing ...... ALBARA (p. 16) - Subterminal fascia absent or represented on fore and hind wings by markings other than dots BET ALBARA (p. 46) 24 Hind tibia with one pair of spurs ......... 25 16 A. WATSON - Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs ......... 26 25 Postmedial fascia on upper surface of hind wing lunulate ; the convex side of each lunula faces base of wing STREPSIGONIA (p. 97) - Postmedial fascia on hind wing not lunulate, or, if lunulate, the convex side of each lunula faces outer margin of wing ..... DREPANA (part) (p. 103) 26 Hind wing without markings or with trace of pattern at anal margin NORDSTROEMIA (part) (p. 69) - Hind wing with well-developed pattern . . . . . . . .27 27 Antemedial fascia on fore and hind wings straight (PI. 13, fig. 385) MACRAUZATA (p. 142) - Antemedial fascia on fore and hind wing not straight ...... 28 28 Arms of uncus in male genitalia robust and widely separated . PARALBARA (p. 19) - Male genitalia not as above ...... AGNIDRA (part) (p. 29) ALBARA Walker (PI. 1, figs. 296-297 ; Text-figs. 1-7) Albara Walker, 1866 : 1566. [Name adopted from multiple original spelling by the first reviser, Kirby, 1892 : 734.] Type-species, by monotypy, Albara reversaria Walker, 1866 : 1567- Albara Walker ; Gaede, 1931 : 31. [Partim.] ' Albaria ' ; Walker, 1866 : 1567. [An incorrect original spelling of Albara Walker.] o". Palp extends to just above labrum ; proximal three-fifths of antenna bipectinate. Upper surface of wings, thorax and abdomen dark violet-grey ; fore wing with weakly marked antemedial fascia, strongly marked oblique postmedial fascia, short arcuate line proximal to postmedial near wing apex, and with ill-defined interrupted subterminal fascia ; hind wing similar to fore wing. Under surface of wings, thorax and abdomen very pale violet-grey, paler and more yellowish at anterior and posterior margins. Vein i?i arises from near distal end of cell and R2 from areole in fore wing ; Sc + i?i approximates to Rs for short distance distal to end of cell in hind wing. Mesothoracic tibia with one pair of terminal spurs ; meta- thoracic tibia with two pairs of spurs. o* genitalia : valves short, with processes ; arms of uncus widely separated ; socii small ; diaphragma with strongly sclerotized medial structure ; eighth abdominal tergite and sternite, and asymmetric seventh sternite forming part of genital apparatus. $. As for male but with weakly biserrate antennae. § genitalia with asymmetrically placed ostium ; corpus bursae without signum ; eighth and ninth tergites lobate, well developed. Albara is probably most closely allied to Paralbara gen. n. It can be separated from the latter by differences in the wing-pattern and in the male and female genitalia. Albara Walker, sensn Gaede (1931), has been partly restricted and revised by Bryk (1943) and Inoue (1953, 1962). The only species which can be placed correctly in Albara is in fact the type-species. The remaining species are transferred in this paper to one or other of the following genera : Paralbara gen. n., Agnidra Walker, Pseudalbara Inoue, Betalbara Matsumura, Nordstroemia Bryk, and Thymistadopsis Warren. Distribution (see Table 1) : N. India, China, Formosa, Malaysia and Indonesia. CHINESE DREPANINAE 17 Albara reversaria Walker (PI. i, figs. 296, 297 ; Text-figs. 1-7) ' Albaria ' reversaria Walker, 1886 : 1567. Two subspecies are known : the nominate subspecies (Sumatra), and opalescens Warren (India, Formosa, China). Two males and eleven females in the BM(NH), from Malaya, differ from the Sumatran material in minor genitalic characters and may prove to represent a new subspecies. Albara reversaria reversaria Walker (Text-figs. 1-4) Albara reversaria Walker ; Gaede, 1931 : 33. Readily distinguished from opalescens Warren by the <$ genitalia (Text-figs. 1-3), particularly by the shape of the anellus, basal valve processes, medial gnathus process, socii and uncus. Measurements. <$ 160 mm. (1) ; $ 15-0-18-5 mm. (8). Material examined. Holotype $, Sumatra ; in the Hope Department Museum, Oxford. An examination of the genitalia slide made from the abdomen found attached to the type (Drepanidae slide No. 263) has shown that this is not the original abdomen. However the BM(NH) possesses a male and female from Sumatra, the abdomens of which had not been glued on and are doubtless genuine. Other material. BM(NH). Sumatra : 1 <$, Barisan Range, Western slopes, 2500 ft., x-xi.1961 (Pratt) ; 1 $, Lebong Tandai, 6.xii.i92i (Brooks). Albara reversaria opalescens Warren stat. n. (PI. 1, figs. 296, 297 ; Text-figs. 5-7) Albara opalescens Warren, 1897 : 12. Albara opalescens Warren ; Warren, 1922 : 468. [Fig.] Albara opalescens Warren ; Gaede, 1931 : 32. A Ibara griseotincta Wileman, 1914 : 268. syn. n. A Ibara griseotincta Wileman ; Gaede, 1931 : 31. Albara horishana Matsumura, 1921 : 948. syn. n. Apparently indistinguishable externally from the nominate subspecies, but with distinctive male genitalia. The female is unknown. Wing, i its length. Upper surface of wings dull greyish brown or buff. Vein 7?i arises from distal end of cell in fore wing and Rt from distal end "I areole. Fore wing with poorly marked, lunulate antemedial and postmedial fasciae ; usually with ill-defined subterminal fascia or spots ; and with spot, or group of spots or pit. ttes, al posterior angle of cell. In hind wing Sc -\ Rj approximates to Rs for short distance distal to end of cell ; similar to fore wing m pattern but with subterminal fascia very weakly marked. I'nder surface of wings pale lustrous grey or greyish butt, with diffusely marked postmedial and subterminal fascia ; wings darkest proximal to postmedial fascia. Thorax and abdomen similar in colour to adjacent surface of wings. Mesothoracic tibia with one pair of spurs, metathorai u tibia with two pairs of spurs. c C t> -4-> Ul XI ■u J3 bp s T3 C *6 X! OG ■<-> C (U > CO D = to So vO* M T) V - ci • ;j3 t^ nj M ■m C . N (J 26 A. WATSON Figs. 19, 20. Paralbara, $ genitalia : 19, spicula ; 20, pallidinota. CHINESE DREPANINAE 27 Thymistida nigritincta Warren (PI. 1, fig. 300 ; Text-figs. 21-24) Thymistida nigritincta Warren, 1923 : 474. [Published simultaneously with rufa ; here selected as the valid name for this taxon.] Thymistida nigritincta Warren ; Gaede, 1931 : 39. Thymistida rufa Warren ; 1923 : 475. syn. n. Hybodrepana grotesca Bryk, 1943 : 23. syn. n. This species can be distinguished from tripunctata Walker (q.v.) by the shorter antennal pectinations in the male (longest pectination equal to about three quarters greatest width of eye), the distinctively shaped costa of the fore wing, and by the male and female genitalia. Distribution. N.E. India and N. Burma. Types, nigritincta. LECTOTYPE $, here selected, in the BM(XH), labelled : Khasis, June 1895, Nat. Coll. ; Thymistida nigritincta Type $ Warr. ; Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1 ; B.M. negative No. 29118. rufa. LECTOTYPE <$, here selected, labelled " Khasis ". ' In the BM(NH). grotesca. Holotype $, N.E. Burma, Kambaiti ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 1047 ; in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm. Thymistida tripunctata Walker (PI. 14, figs. 389-39 2 ) Thymistida tripunctata Walker, 1865 :51s. Thymistida tripunctata Walker ; Warren, 1923 : 474. [Good fig.] Thymistida tripunctata Walker ; Hampson, [1893] : 343. Thymistida tripunctata Walker ; Gaede, 1931 : 39. Erosia cervinaria Moore, 1867 : 646. [Synonymized by Hampson [1893].] Thymistida nigritincta divisa Bryk, 1943 : 2}>- syn. n. This species is readily separated from the similarly marked nigritincta by the much larger antennal pectinations in the male (longest pectination equal to over twice greatest width of eye), the less sinuous costa of the fore wing, and by the male and female genitalia. Distribution. N.E. India, N. Burma and China (2 $, from Siao-Lou, Szechwan, in the BM(NH)). Types, tripunctata. Holotype <$, labelled ' E. India '. In the BM(NH). The locality is given as ' Hindustan ' in the original description. The abdomen of the holotype is missing. cervinaria. The syntypes stated to be from Bengal are lost according to Horn and Kahle (1937 : 380), but there is a short series in BM(NH) from the Moore Coll. labelled cervinaria. divisa. Holotype $, N.E. Burma, Kambaiti ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 1049. I n Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. 28 A. WATSON Figs. 21-24. Thymistida nigritincta, genitalia. 21, 21-5-22-5 mm. (6). Distribution. N.E. India, Sikkim, and Thailand (1 $ in the B.M.(NH)). Material examined. Types, discispilaria. The male type material of disci- spilaria cited originally as from ' Bengal, in Coll. A. E. Russell ' is apparently lost, together with the rest of the Russell collection (see Horn and Kahle, 1937 : 380). No trace of this material can be found in the BM(NH) nor in several other European Museums which have been consulted. I therefore select as NEOTYPE a $ in the BM(NH) labelled : 7.86 Darjeeling. H. J. E. ; Coll. H. J. Elwes ; Albara discispilaria <$ Moore ; Rothschild Bequest B. M. 1939-1. usta. LECTOTYPE $, in the BM(NH), here selected labelled : Darjiling 79.57 [ex Lidderdale coll.] ; Agnidra usta Butler. magnidiscata. LECTOTYPE <$, in the BM(NH), here selected, labelled : Darjeeling (Pilcher) ; 18.3.89 ; Albara magnidiscata Type J Warr. [in Warren's handwriting] ; Rothschild Bequest B. M. 1939-1 ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 728. macularis. Holotype <$> N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 7000 ft. ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 727 ; in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Other material. BM(NH). India : 4 <$, 1 $, Darjeeling (Moller, Lidderdale) ; 1 (J, 2 $, Darjeeling, Gopaldhara, 4720 ft., 3440-5800 ft., vii.1918 (Stevens) ; 1 $, Khasis, ii.1896 (Nat. Coll.). Sikkim : 10 <$, 6 $, 6.vi.i888, 14.iv.-14.viii. 1889, vi-viii.1909 (Pilcher, Moller). Thailand : 1 $, Chiengmai Mt., 5800 ft., 19.iii.1928 (McKean). BET ALBARA Matsumura (Pis. 2, 3, figs. 312-319 ; Text-figs. 72-117) Betalbara Matsumura, 1927 : 47. Type-species Drepana manleyi Leech, 1898 : 366, by original designation. Betalbara Matsumura ; Inoue, 1962 : 23. Microblepsis Warren, 1922 : 461. Type-species Problepsis cupreogrisea Hampson, 1895 : 288, by monotypy. syn. n. N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 7000 ft., 10-21. iv. ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 714. In the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. pallidina. Holotype <$, N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 2000 m., 9-17. vi. ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 713. In the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Other material. BM(NH). India : 3 <£, 1 $, Darjeeling, 7000 ft., 25-31. iii. 1924 ; 1 $, Naini-Tal, 6600 ft., 20.viii.1934 ; 6 <$, 1 $. Khasis ; 1 <£, Assam, Jainta Hills. Sikkim : 1^,1$, 1887 {M oiler). China : 3 (dorsal view). CHINESE DREPANINAE 79 Figs. 138-142. Nordstroemia problematica, genitalia. 138, o* ; 139, aedeagus ; 140, o* eighth tergite and sternite ; 141, <$ seventh sternite ; 142, $ (dorsal view). 80 A. WATSON or only weakly sigmoid in sumatrana. The male genitalia, which indicate close affinities with problematica, differ from the latter in the basally constricted socius and the ventrally directed processes of the lateral sclerites of the diaphragma. In comparison with agna the male genitalia of argenticeps are characterized chiefly by the more strongly developed spine at the base of the valve, the longer socius spine, the more strongly bifurcate uncus, and by the shape of the lateral processes of the vinculum which are directed ventrally and flattened laterally, not dorsoventrally, and are minutely spinose anteriorly. Distribution. N.E. India. Type. LECTOTYPE $, here selected, labelled: Khasis, Aug. 1895, Nat. Coll. ; Albara argenticeps Type <$ Warr. ; Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1 ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 777. In the BM(NH). Nordstroemia sumatrana (Roepke) comb. n. (PI. 4, fig. 325 ; Pis. 6, 7, figs. 339, 340, 344) Allodrepana sumatrana Roepke, 1948 : 214. [Figs.] Probably most closely allied to argenticeps which it resembles externally except for the more conspicuous subterminal markings and the straight or only slightly sigmoid antemedial fascia on the fore wing. In the male genitalia the socii are not constricted proximally and the processes of the lateral sclerites of the diaphragma are dorsoventrally flattened and inwardly directed. Distribution. Sumatra, and probably Malaya (ex. in BM(NH)). Type. Holotype $, S. Sumatra, Mt. Tanggamus, 2100 m., xii. 1934 (Lieftinck and Toxopeus) ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 1882. In the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historic Leiden. Nordstroemia japonica (Moore) (Text-figs. 143-147) Drepana japonica Moore, 1877 194. Drepana japonica Moore ; Strand, 191 1 : 201. Drepana japonica Moore ; Gaede, 1931 : 26. Albara japonica (Moore) Warren, 1922 : 469. Albara japonica (Moore) ; Inoue, 1956a : 663. Albara japonica (Moore) ; Inoue, 1956 : 368. Albara japonica (Moore) ; Inoue, 1959 : 175. [Good fig.] Nordstroemia japonica (Moore) Inoue, 1962 : 27. [Good figs., including genitalia.] Albara sachalinensis Matsumura, 1921 : 943. [Synonymized by Inoue (1956a).] [A syntype of each sex of ab. punctifera Strand (191 1 : 201) has been examined and found to be con- specific with the type of japonica.] This species is possibly not separable externally from grisearia, to which it is closely allied, but can be distinguished by the shape of the lateral diaphragmal lobes, the socii, uncus and aedeagus in the male genitalia, and by the shape of the dorsal CHINESE DREPANINAE 81 invagination of the eighth tergum and the degree of sclerotization of the ductus bursae in the female. Distribution. Japan and China (Hunan, Szechwan). Material examined. Types, japonica. I select as LECTOTYPE of japonica a $ [ex Pryer Coll.] in the BM(NH) labelled : Japan, 80-125 ! Drepana japonica Moore Type [all except ' Type ' probably in Moore's handwriting] ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 762. This specimen agrees exactly in wing-span with the figure given by Moore (1877). Although it bears no Pryer collection label, the figures ' 80-125 ' [B. M. registration No. 1880-125] provide evidence that the lectotype was at one time housed in the Pryer collection. Reference to the entry 1880-125 shows that the specimens registered here are not Lepidoptera and were not taken in Japan. However, two entries above 1880-125 is the entry 1880-123 ; the specimens regis- tered here are Lepidoptera from the Pryer collection taken at Shanghai, the source Figs. 143-146. Nordstroemia japonica, <$ genitalia. 143, <$ ; 144, seventh sternite 145, aedeagus ; 146, eighth tergite and sternite. 82 A. WATSON of the majority of the material described by Moore in the paper where japonica is described. It is reasonable to infer from this that the figures 1880-125 which occur on the first of the lectotype labels should read 1880-123 and that this specimen is part of the original syntypic material from the Pryer collection. sachalinensis. [Type material, Japan, Sakhalin ; presumably in Hokkaido University ; not seen.] 148 Figs. 147-148. Nordstroemia, genitalia. 147, japonica, $ ; 148, grisearia, $. CHINESE DREPANINAE 83 Other material. BM(NH). Japan : numerous examples. China : 1 cJ, Hunan, Hoeng-Shan, 900 m. ( 19.V.1935 (Hone) ; 1 $, C. China, Nanjang ; 1 <£, Szechwan, Ta-tsien-lou, 1897 (Dejean). Museum Koenig, Bonn. China : 2 ex., Hunan, Hoeng-Shan, 900 m. (Hone). Japan : 3 ex. Figs. 149-152. Nordstroemia grisearia, p«'» ies Strepsigonia nigriwaculata Warren, 1897 : 17, by original designation. Strepsigonia Warren ; Gaede, 1931 : 9. Monurodes Warren, 1923 : 475. Type-species Monurottes trigonoptoa Warren, 1923 : 475, by monotypy. syn. n. Distribution. India, Sikkim, Burma, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Six species are at present recognized. Only one species, diluta, is known to occur in China. A study of the non-Chinese species of Strepsigonia may reveal more precisely where its affinities lie, but its present placement near Palaeodrepana and Canucha seems reasonable. Strepsigonia diluta (Warren) (PI. 11, fig. 359 ; Text-figs. 183-187) Tridrepana diluta Warren, 1897 : 18. Tridrepana diluta Warren ; Warren, 1922 : 467. [Fig.] Tridrepana diluta Warren ; Gaede, 1931 : 28. Strepsigonia diluta (Warren) Watson, 1957 : 4 11 - Distribution. Known from N. India, Sikkim, and from a single Chinese specimen (Kwangtung, Canton) in the Hone collection, Bonn, which probably represents a new subspecies of diluta. 9 8 A. WATSON Figs. 183-187. Strepsigonia diluta, genitalia. 183, $ ; 184, $ ; 185, $ eighth tergite and sternite ; 186, <$ seventh sternites ; 187, aedeagus. CHINESE DREPANINAE 99 CANUCHA Walker (PI. 11, figs. 366-368 ; Text-figs. 188-199) Canncha Walker, 1866 : 1574. Type-species Canucha curvaria Walker, 1866 : 1574, by mono- typy. Canucha Walker ; Gaede, 1931 : 40. Campylopteryx Warren, 1902 : 340. Type-species Campylopteryx sublignata Warren, 1902 : 340, by monotypy. syn. n. Campylopteryx Warren ; Gaede, 1931 : 40. This is a genus of six described species : curvaria Walker, 1866 : 1574, (Mysol Is. New Guinea and the Solomons) ; sublignata Warren, 1902 : 340 (Buru, Amboina, Watubela, New Guinea, Solomons) ; specularis Moore, 1879 : 407 (Ceylon, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia) ; miranda Warren, 1923 : 475 (N.E. India, Formosa); bouvieri Oberthiir, 1916 : 272 (China) and duplexa Moore, 1865 : 816 (N.E. India, Sikkim, Burma). The distribution is summarized in Table I. The affinities of Canucha are uncertain, but it is probably not taxonomically distant from Drepana Schrank. A short account is given below of the species that occur in Formosa or China {specularis, bouvieri and miranda) and of duplexa which is very closely allied to bouvieri. The name ' depressa Warren ' was first published in 19 16 accompanying a figure in Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10 : pi. 49, but was not then binominal. The name was used again, this time in a binominal sense with Canucha, Seitz, 1934, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10 : 859, Druckfchlrr und Berichtigung, but the name was not accompanied by a diagnosis, thus contravening Article 13 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and therefore remains unavailable. A female ' syntype ' of ' depressa ' from Rendova (Solomons), in the BM(NH), is probably conspecific with the male holotype of curvaria. Canucha specularis (Moore) (PI. 11, fig. 367 ; Text-figs. 196-199) Drepana specularis Moore, 1879 : 407. Drepana specularis Moore ; Moore, 1882 : 120. [Fig.] Canucha specularis (Moore) Warren, 1923 : 475. [Fig.] Canucha specularis (Moore) ; Gaede, 1931 : 40. Platypteryx obtruncata Warren, 1900 : 117. [Synonymized by Gaede, 1931.] The genitalia and the presence of well-developed subterminal spots on the fore wing and of two closely apposed hyaline patches in the hind wing distinguish this species from the closely related curvaria Walker. Distribution. Ceylon, India, China, Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Celebes. A single male from Lofanshan (S. China) in the Museum Koenig, Bonn, is the only known Chinese specimen : it may prove to represent a new subspecies of specxdaris. Types, specxdaris. The female type material (' Ceylon (Sir W. Gregory) ') may be lost. No statement was given by Moore (1879) concerning the location of the ioo A. WATSON type material which may have been deposited in his own collection, now the property of the BM(NH). The only specimen from the type locality in the BM(NH), a female presented by W. Lindsay, is slightly too small to fit the measurements given in the original description though it otherwise matches the description and the figure subsequently published by Moore (1882). obtruncata. Holotype $. This bears a printed label ' Bahia ', obviously due to an error in labelling. Hampson has affixed a label ' Drepana specularis Moore, fr. Ceylon G.F.H.' The holotype certainly must have been captured in the Oriental Region. Canucha duplexa (Moore) (PI. 11, fig. 368 ; Text-figs. 188-192) Drepana duplexa Moore, [1866] : 816. [Good fig.] Canucha duplexa (Moore) Warren, 1923 : 475. Type. The type material (' Darjeeling ') was deposited in the A. E. Russell collection, but no trace can be found of this collection, which is lost according to Horn and Kahle (1937 : 380). I select as NEOTYPE a^ specimen in the BM(NH) Fig. 188. Canucha duplexa duplexa, $ genitalia. CHINESE DREPANINAK Figs. 189-195. Canucha, genitalia. 189, 190 duplexa duplexa. 189, $ ; 190, aedeagus. 191, 192, duplexa birmana. 191, <$ ; 192, aedeagus. 193, bouvieri, $. 194, 195, miranda. 194, aedeagus ; 195, $. 102 A. WATSON labelled : Darjeeling (Pilcher) ; Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1 ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 1029. The colour-pattern and the male genitalia separate duplexa from miranda Warren. C. bouvieri Oberthiir (q.v.) may later prove to be synonymous with duplexa birmana when males of the former are available for study. Two subspecies are at present recognized : the nominate subspecies (India) and birmana (Burma). Canucha duplexa duplexa (Moore) (PI. 11, fig. 368 ; Text-figs. 188-190) Canucha duplexa (Moore) ; Warren, 1923 : 475. [Good fig.] Canucha duplexa (Moore) ; Gaede, 1931 : 40. Distinguished from duplexa birmana by the non-angulate postmedial fascia on the hind wing and by the male genitalia. Known only from N.E. India. Canucha duplexa birmana Bryk (Text-figs. 191, 192) Canucha miranda birmana Bryk, 1943 : 27. [Good fig.] Separable from the nominate subspecies by the male genitalia (Text-figs. 191, 192) and by the angulate postmedial fascia on the hind wing. The name birmana may prove to be a junior synonym of bouvieri when male material of the latter is made available for comparison. 196 Figs. 196-199. Canucha specularis, genitalia. 196, $ ; 197, aedeagus ; 198, <$ eighth sternite ; 199, $ (unornamented corpus bursae not shown). CHINESE DREPANINAE 103 Known only from N.E. Burma. Type. Holotype^, N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 700 ft., io.v.1934 (Malaise). In the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Canucha bouvieri Oberthur (PI. 11, fig. 366 ; Text-fig. 193) Canucha bouvieri Oberthur, 1916 : 272. Canucha bouvieri Oberthur ; Oberthur, 191 7 ; pi. 428. [Good fig.] Canucha bouvieri Oberthiir ; Gaede, 1932 : 168. Drepana bouvieri (Oberthur) Gaede, 1931 : 26. This nominal species may prove to be a subspecies of duplexa (Moore) and its name a senior synonym of duplexa birmana Bryk, but male specimens from Szechwan are needed before a satisfactory comparison of material can be made. Distribution. Known only from two female specimens from the type locality (China, Szechwan) in the collection of the BM(NH). Type. Holotype 9 (not <$ as stated by Oberthur), Ta-tsien-lou, 1910 ; Urepanidae genitalia slide No. 1028. In the BM(NH). Canucha miranda Warren (Text-figs. 194, 195) Canucha miranda Warren, 1923 : 475. [Good coloured fig.] Canucha miranda Warren, Gaede, 1931 : 40. Canucha miranda I. formosicola Matsumura, 1931 : 741. Separable from duplexa by the male genitalia and the colour pattern. Distribution. Assam, N.E. India and Formosa. Through the kindness of Dr. H. Inoue I have seen a photograph of the single type specimen of formosicola. It is doubtless conspecific with the lectotype of miranda although it may prove to represent a distinct subspecies. Type, miranda. LECTOTYPE <$, here selected, labelled : Khasis, Oct. 1896, Nat. Coll. ; Canucha miranda Type <$ Warr. ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 1027 ; Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1. In the BM(NH). DREPANA Schrank (PI. 11, figs. 358, 360-365 ; Text-figs. 200-219) Drepana Schrank, 1802 : 155. Type-species Phalaena falcataria L., 1758 : 519, by subsequent designation by Westwood, 1840 : 104. [See 1961, Bull. zool. Nom. 18 : 267.] Drepana Schrank ; Gaede, 1931 : 17. Drepana Schrank ; Inoue, 1962 : 20. Drepania Hiibner, [1819 : 140]. An unjustified emendation of Drepana Schrank. [See 1961, Bull. zool. Nom. 18 : 267.] Platypteryx Laspeyres, 1803 : 29. Type-species Phalaena falcataria L., 1758 : 519, by sub- sequent designation by Latreille, 18 10 : 441. io 4 A. WATSON ' Platypterix ' ; Ochsenheimer, 1816 : 97. An incorrect subsequent spelling of Platypteryx Laspeyres. Falcaria Haworth, 1809 : 152. Type-species Phalaena lacertinaria L., 1758 : 519, by sub- sequent designation by Kirby, 1892 : 733. Prionia Hubner, [1819] : 150. Type-species Phalaena lacertula Denis and Schiffermuller, [1776] : 64, by monotypy. syn. n. Inoue (1962 : 21, 22) recently transferred to a new genus, Palaeodrepana (p. 92), three species previously classified under Drepana, and it is clear that further re- classification of Drepana, sensu Gaede (1931), is necessary. I consider, however, that the four Chinese species dealt with in the following account are congeneric with the type-species of Drepana. Several species included in Drepana by Gaede (1931) have been transferred in this paper to other genera (see index). There are overall similarities between Drepana and Tridrepana Swinhoe (p. 11 1) which suggest possible close phyletic affinities. Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen) (PI. 11, figs. 358, 363) Phalaena curvatula Borkhausen, 1790 : 460. Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen) Gaede, 1931 : 20. Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen) ; Inoue, 1962 : 21. [Good figs, of moth and genitalia.] This species is closely allied to Drepana falcataria L. (1758 : 519) and is known to be capable of forming hybrids with the latter (see Strand, 1911 : 199). It can be distinguished from falcataria by the colour-pattern and by minor differences in the male genitalia. Drepana curvatula curvatula (Borkhausen) (PI. 11, fig. 358) Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen) ; Gaede, 1931 : 20. Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen) ; Strand, 191 1 : pi. 23b. Bombyx sicula Esper ; sensu Hubner, [1803] : pi. 11, figs. 42, 43 ; [1809] : pi. 11, fig. 4 ; [1838] : pi. 83, fig. 351 ; [1819] : 150 (' sicula Schiffermuller '). The nominate subspecies has been recorded from most European countries. It can be distinguished from acuta by the colour-pattern of the wings. Type. Holotype $, Germany, Frankfurt. [Figured by Ernst and Engramelle (1786 : pi. 208, figs. 27b, f, g).] In Wiesbaden. Drepana curvatula acuta Butler (PI. 11, fig. 363) Drepana acuta Butler, 1881 : 59. Drepana curvatula acuta Butler ; Inoue, 1962 : 21. [Good figs, of moth and genitalia.] Falcaria curvatula acuta (Butler) Inoue, 1959 : 175. [Good fig.] Drepana curvatula japonibia Strand, 191 1 : 200. [Synonymized with acuta by Inoue, 1962 : 21.] CHINESE DREPANINAE 105 Drepana curvatula urupitla Bryk, 1942 : 27. [Synonymized with acuta by Inoue, 1962 : 21.] Drepana curvatula koreula Bryk, 1949 : 27. [Synonymized with acuta by Inoue 1962 : 21.] Distinguishable from the nominate subspecies only by the colour-pattern (see references to figs, above). Distribution. Japan (see Inoue 1959, 1962), S.E. Russia and Kuril Islands, Korea, China (Manchuria). There is a single male in the Hone collection, Bonn, from Shansi which also probably represents this subspecies. Types examined, acuta. I select as LECTOTYPE a male from the original series in the BM(NH) labelled : Tokei [Tokyo], 89.97 ! Drepana acuta <$ Butler Type [in Butler's handwriting] ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 325. japonibia. Syntype, Nikko [Japan]. In the Zoologisches Museum, Berlin. urupitla. Holotype $, [Kuril Is.], L'rup, Kopune. In the Xaturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. koreula. Holotype $, Korea. In the Xaturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Drepana rufofasciata Hampson (PI. 11, fig. 365 ; Text-figs. 200-202) Drepana rufofasciata Hampson, [1893] : 334. Drepana rufofasciata Hampson ; Warren, 1922 : 463. [Good figs.] Drepana rufofasciata Hampson ; Gaede, 193 1 : 27. This species is externally closest to pallida Moore. It can be distinguished from the latter by the more reddish medial shade on the fore wing and by the less well marked postmedial fascia, which is parallel to the subterminal fascia on the fore wing (unlike pallida). Small differences in the male and female genitalia separate rufofasciata from pallida and dispilata Warren both of which are closely allied to rufofasciata. Distribution. The range of rufofasciata includes Sikkim, and China. The few Chinese specimens listed below are considerably paler than the Sikkim material but no significant differences in the genitalia or other characters appear to be present. Material examined. Type. LECTOTYPE <$, here selected, labelled : Sikkim, Interior, Moller, Drepana rufofasciata Hmpsn. type J ; Collectio H. J. Elwes ; Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1 ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 687. In the BM(NH). Other material. BM(NH). Sikkim: 2 J, 1$ {Moller) ; 1 <$, Tonglo, 10,000 ft., vii.1886 (Elwes). China, Tibet : 2 , Chumbi valley, Dopenri. Drepana pallida Moore (PI. ii, figs. 360-361 ; Text-figs. 203-214) Drepana pallida Moore, 1879 : 84. Drepana pallida Moore ; Warren, 1922 : 463. Drepana pallida Moore ; Gaede, 1931 : 27. io6 A. WATSON Readily distinguished from the closely related dispilata, and rufofasciata by the colour-pattern and the genitalia. Four subspecies are known : the nominate subspecies (India, Burma), cretacea (China, Vietnam), flexuosa (China) and nigromaculata Okano (Formosa). An account of each of these is given to facilitate comparison between the Chinese and non-Chinese subspecies. Figs. 200-202. Drepana rufofasciata, genitalia. 200, $ ; 201, <$ ; 202, aedeagus. CHINESE DREPANINAE 107 Drepana pallida pallida Moore (Text-figs. 203-207) Drepana pallida Moore ; Warren ; 1922 : pi. 48I. [Good figs. . 228-231, ovata. 228, aedeagus ; 229, £ ; 230, $ ; 231, $ eighth tergite and sternite. CHINESE DREPANINAE 119 Paratypes. Museum Koenig, Bonn. China : 50 <$, 14 $, S. Shensi, Tapaishan im Tsinling, 16.v-28.viii.1935, 1936 {Hone). BM(NH). China : 6 <$, 1 $, S. Shensi, Tapaishan im Tsinling, 23.vi-25.vii.1935, 17.v-29.vii.1936 (Hone). 1 $, Ichang, viii.1888 ; 1