. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. LOPHOTEEGES.— CALLTEKGES. 93 through them; the underside whitish irrorated with pale and dark brown, a black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type t J , $ in Coll. Piingeler. ;Q- 40 millim. Genus CALLIERGES. lype. Callicrges, Hiibn. Verz. p. 244 (1827) ramosa. Lifhocuiupa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 108 (1852) ramosa. Proboscis fully developed; palpi ujjturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd porrect; frons smooth, with ridges of hair at middle a


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. LOPHOTEEGES.— CALLTEKGES. 93 through them; the underside whitish irrorated with pale and dark brown, a black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type t J , $ in Coll. Piingeler. ;Q- 40 millim. Genus CALLIERGES. lype. Callicrges, Hiibn. Verz. p. 244 (1827) ramosa. Lifhocuiupa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 108 (1852) ramosa. Proboscis fully developed; palpi ujjturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd porrect; frons smooth, with ridges of hair at middle and ubove; eyes large, rounded; antennae of male bipectiuate, with moderate branches to apex; bead and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the tegulte produced to a dorsal ridge, the pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests; abdomen with large dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen non-crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to fomu the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; f) obso- lescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 2188. Callierges ramosa. Eombyx ramosa, Esp. Schmett. iii. p. 301, pi. 78. f. 3 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 247; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 228, pi. 114. f. 5; Frr. Neue Beitr. iii. pi. ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 212. Lithocampa ramosiila, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 258; id. Eom. Mem, vi. p. 524, pi. 10. f. 3. Head and tegulse grey-white ; palpi brown at sides; frons with black bar ; tegulse with black line near base and brown band near tips ; thorax dark red-brown, the crests with some grey ; pectus grey mixed with some brown ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the dorsal crests dark Fig. 15.— Cullterycs ramesa, cJ. \. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the submedian inter- space ch


Size: 2869px × 871px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1913