. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 54 NOCTUID^. 5055. Enispa atricincta. (Plate CL. fig. 8.) MicrcBschus atricincta, Hmpsa. J. Bomb. Nat, Hist. Soc. xtH. p. 651 (1907), Head and tegulse brown, the vertex of head and shaft of antennae towards base white ; thorax and abdomen pale purplish pink ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish, the costa and termen blackish ; traces of an inwardly oblique antemedial line with dark points on the veins ; a dark discoidal bar; postmedial line puncti- form,
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 54 NOCTUID^. 5055. Enispa atricincta. (Plate CL. fig. 8.) MicrcBschus atricincta, Hmpsa. J. Bomb. Nat, Hist. Soc. xtH. p. 651 (1907), Head and tegulse brown, the vertex of head and shaft of antennae towards base white ; thorax and abdomen pale purplish pink ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish, the costa and termen blackish ; traces of an inwardly oblique antemedial line with dark points on the veins ; a dark discoidal bar; postmedial line puncti- form, oblique from costa to discal fold, then incurved, an indistinct Avhitish subtermiaal line defined on inner side by dark scales and with dark patch before it at costa with some white points on it, somewhat dentate, excurved at middle ; cilia orange-yellow. Hind wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish; a slight blackish dis- coidal bar; postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish and with some black points on it towards inner margin, excurved below costa and at middle ; a terminal black band ; cilia orange-yellow; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines. ffab. Cetlox, Maskeliya (Pole, cle Mowbray), 1 J , 2 § , type. Exj^), 16 millim. 5056, Enispa oblataria. Hyria ohlataria, Wlk. xxii. 665 (1861); Moore, Lep. Ceyl, iii- p. 449, pi. 200. f. 6; Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 362. Hamodes violacea, Lucas, Pr, Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) viii. p. 144 (1893). Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; vertex of head and shaft of antennae towards base pure white ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white, P'ore wing rufous irrorated with a few black scales, the costa and termen blackish with a silvery gloss; antemedial line slight, dark, defined on inner side by whitish, inwardly oblique ; a black discoidal point; postmedial line slight,. Fig. 24.—Enispa ohlataria, cJ. |. dark, defined on oute
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