Aethriamanta rezia Kirby 1889

Aethriamanta rezia.

Long. corp. 27 millim.; exp. al. 50 millim.; long. pter. 2 millim.

Male. Size, shape, and neuration of the Indian AE. brevipennis, Ramb., except that the sectors of the arculus lise from a short but distinct stalk. The left fore wing has two cross-nervures instead of one in the lower basal cell, and the triangle of the right fore wing is traversed, and that of the left free.

Body reddish above (probably bright red when living), pectus and pleura inclining to green, legs black, femora greenish beneath. Abdomen with the second and third segments carinated; the dorsal carina black on the fourth and following segments. Anal appendages as long as the 8th segment; lower appendage very broad, spatulate.

Wings hyaline; pterostigma olive, between black nervures; hind wings strongly and fore wings slightly tinged with yellow at the base; a dark streak in the lower basal cell, commencing beyond the base, and filling up about two fifths of the length of the cell.

Hab. Madagascar.

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