. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. COPIPITANA,—CLEOPFIAXA. 9" 2192. Copiphana olivina. Cleophana olicina, Eui-. Sohuiett. vi. p. 57, f. 578 (1856) ; Staud. Cat. Lej). pal. p. "213. Cleophana ferrieri. Bell. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1857, p. 13, pi. 1. f. 1. Head and thorax pale olive-green mixed with some rufous, the crests on vertex of head, pro- and metathorax with darker tips ; abdomen greyish tinged with olive, dorsally irrorated with fuscous and ventrally tinged with rufous towards extremity. Fore wing pale olive-green, the veins with slig
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. COPIPITANA,—CLEOPFIAXA. 9" 2192. Copiphana olivina. Cleophana olicina, Eui-. Sohuiett. vi. p. 57, f. 578 (1856) ; Staud. Cat. Lej). pal. p. "213. Cleophana ferrieri. Bell. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1857, p. 13, pi. 1. f. 1. Head and thorax pale olive-green mixed with some rufous, the crests on vertex of head, pro- and metathorax with darker tips ; abdomen greyish tinged with olive, dorsally irrorated with fuscous and ventrally tinged with rufous towards extremity. Fore wing pale olive-green, the veins with slight dark streaks; a diffused rufous medial shade with pale point on it below cell; a diffused whitish mark at lower angle of cell ; the terminal area suffused with rufous above and below discal fold; cilia chequered dark. Fig. 18. — Copiphioia iilk'iiia. cj". brown and white. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia white tinged with rufous at base. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the terminal area wliitish ; hind wing white with slight somewhat diffused fuscous streaks along the veins. Hah. Italy; Dalmatia ; Butgarta ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Leech Coll., Taurus ; Syria, Leech Coll. Exjt. 2S-32 millim. Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Motlis Eur. p. 253 ; Hffin. Eaup. p. 125. Eeddish yellow with pale dorsal line and four slender lateral Wack lines. Food-plant, Dianthus. Genus CLEOPHANA. Tvpe. Cleophana, Buisd. Ind. Meth. p. 151 (1840) hatica. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint clothed with \ons, hair, the 3rd rather long ; frons with corneous prominence with raised edges and corneous process in centre hollowed out at extremity; eyes large, rounded; anteniuB of male typically with moderate branches decreasing to base and extremity ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the vertex of head witli lai-ge crest of hair, shoulders wilh crests of hair, pro- and metathorax with double crests, patagia with curled-up tufts at extremity ; pec:tus and tibia; clothed with long
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