. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. AGROTIS. 379 whitish, the latter with blackish centre and whitish annulus ; the postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then verj- oblique; traces of a subterminal line ; a terminal. Fig. 74.—Agrotk costaiis, (^. \. series of black points. Hind wing semihj-aline white ; the margioal areas tinged with ochreous; the veins and a terminal line brown ; the underside with dark discoidal spot. Hab. Teisxan da Cunha (Capt. Carmichael), 3 c? , 1 $ type. ). 40 millim. b. Fore wing with
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. AGROTIS. 379 whitish, the latter with blackish centre and whitish annulus ; the postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then verj- oblique; traces of a subterminal line ; a terminal. Fig. 74.—Agrotk costaiis, (^. \. series of black points. Hind wing semihj-aline white ; the margioal areas tinged with ochreous; the veins and a terminal line brown ; the underside with dark discoidal spot. Hab. Teisxan da Cunha (Capt. Carmichael), 3 c? , 1 $ type. ). 40 millim. b. Fore wing with the apex not produced and acute. a'-. Underside of wings clothed with silky androconia in male. a^. Underside of wings clothed with black androconia in male tibiata. b^. Underside of wings with the basal two-thirds clothed with golden olive androconia in male hiffochalcis. 663. Agrotis tibiata. Agrotis tibiata, Guen. Noct. i. p. 273 (1852). Orthosia subnigra, Wlk. xi. 747 (1857). d". Head and thorax pale grey, sparsely irrorated with fuscous; palpi black, white at tips ; abdomen grey-black; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen deep black, with a few grey hairs, the spurs and tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing pale grey irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused with black; a waved. 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, bart. , 1860-1936. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees
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