. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. HYEIODES. ACIDALIODES. 17 whitish mark with oblique dark striga above it from costa; post- medial line brown defined on outer side by whitish, but outwards below costa and obliquely incurved below rein 4, some whitish points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line indistinct and whitish with dentate blackish marks beyond it from costa to vein 4, then strong, oblique, white, and emitting white streaks to the cilia at Veins 3 and 2; a terminal chocolate-brown band from apex to vein 4, slightly def
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. HYEIODES. ACIDALIODES. 17 whitish mark with oblique dark striga above it from costa; post- medial line brown defined on outer side by whitish, but outwards below costa and obliquely incurved below rein 4, some whitish points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line indistinct and whitish with dentate blackish marks beyond it from costa to vein 4, then strong, oblique, white, and emitting white streaks to the cilia at Veins 3 and 2; a terminal chocolate-brown band from apex to vein 4, slightly defined on inner side by ochreous ; cilia dark brown from apex to vein 4 with a fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing red-bi-own irrorated with a few large black scales, the terminal area white irrorated with a few large black scales, narrowing to tornus ; a series of red-brown lunules on termen ; the underside pale reddish brown with dark discoidal lunule, the terminal area white narrowing to tornus. Hab. Borneo, Sandakan {Pryer), 1 $ type. Exp. 14 millim. Genus ACIDALIODES, uov. Type, A. 'perstriata. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and sHghtly fringed with scales behind towards extremity, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennae of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiee smoothly scaled, the spurs long ; abdomen with dorsal series of slight crests. Fore wing- long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wincr with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle ot discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Hind wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 4, then excised and crenulate. 4998. Acidaliodes excisa, n. sp, S. H
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