. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 254.—Ionthas ataracta, <$ . \. Genus DIACONISIA, nov. Type, D. ocliraceorufa. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, reaching1 almost to vertex of head; antenna? of male ciliated; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the term en evenly curved; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell, curved; 3 from long before angle; 5 from well above angle; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of c
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 254.—Ionthas ataracta, <$ . \. Genus DIACONISIA, nov. Type, D. ocliraceorufa. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, reaching1 almost to vertex of head; antenna? of male ciliated; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the term en evenly curved; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell, curved; 3 from long before angle; 5 from well above angle; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. In key differs from Caprimima in the fore wing having vein 2 curved. *1001 b. Diaconisia ocliraceorufa. Melansema ocliraceorufa, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 203 (1913). c?. Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous, the tips of tegulse, upper edge of patagia, and dorsum of thorax deeper rufous ; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi and the hind tarsi brown ; abdomen yellow. Fore wing yellow, the costal edge rufous, the terminal. Fig. 255.—Diaconisia ocliraceorufa, cS. area suffused with rufous ; the costal area pale yellow irrorated with red-brown obliquely from apex to inner margin near base and defined below by a rufous shade. Hind wing pale yellow. Underside of fore wing tinged with rufous. Sab. Dutch N. Guinea, Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. {Meek), type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 26 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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