. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 230 NOCTUIDJ;. inner side ; abiloinon wiilioiit crests. Fore wing witli (lie costa nearly straiglit, the apex roiindeil, tlie terinen evenly curved and sliglilly creiiulatc ; veins 3 and a fVoni near aiijrle oi' cell; G IVoui upper angle ; 'J IVoin 10 anas- toniosing witli 8 to loriu tlie areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; ;> obsule!, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastouiosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with triangular white spot on antemedial line just below the cell excelsn. B.
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 230 NOCTUIDJ;. inner side ; abiloinon wiilioiit crests. Fore wing witli (lie costa nearly straiglit, the apex roiindeil, tlie terinen evenly curved and sliglilly creiiulatc ; veins 3 and a fVoni near aiijrle oi' cell; G IVoui upper angle ; 'J IVoin 10 anas- toniosing witli 8 to loriu tlie areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; ;> obsule!, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastouiosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with triangular white spot on antemedial line just below the cell excelsn. B. Fore wing without white spot on antemedial line fixseni. *4G04. Metopoplus excelsa. Clidia excelsa, Christ. Rom. Mum. ii. p. 12(1'), pi. 10. f. 4 (1885); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 222. 2 , Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. Fore wing j-ellow mixed with some browji and white; subbasal line dark brown defined by reddish brown on outer side, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line dark brown, slightly sinuous, interrupted just below the cell by a small triangular ]mrc white spot defined by dark brown ; orbicular and reniform absent; a dift'iised reddish-brown medial shade ; postmedial line dark brown, cxcurved below costa and at middle, then slightly sinuous ; a diffused red-browu band beyond it expanding to near termen between veins 7 and 6 and to termcn between veins 5 and 4 ; cilia chequered pale yellow and reddish brown. Hind wing jiale yellow. }Jah. Armenia; Peksia, Schahkuh. E^i). 42 milliiu. Tliis species is unknown to me. 4605. Metopoplus fixseni. Metopoplns fixseni, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92(1898); Alph p. 221, pi. b. f. 6; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 222. Rom. Mem. ix. S . Head and thorax yellowish white tinged with ochreous ; fore femora brown above; tarsi banded with brown; abdomen yellowish. Fig. 91.âMetopoplvs fixseni, (S â !⢠white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing pale yellow, the ante- and postmedial areas suffused with brownish ochreous ; ante- \ medial line r
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