. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 704 arctiad, whitish suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area browner, a brown discoidal spot. Hab. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment (Doherfg), 3 S , 1 2 type. ISocp. 24 millim. S33 a. Siccia microsticta, n. sp. Antenna- of male with the shaft dilated near base, then sen-ate and fasciculate; hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked. 6 â Head, thorax, and abdomen chalky white; antennae yellowish towards tips; frons yellowish ; palpi blackish ; legs tinged with yellow and the tibia? and tarsi streaked with fusc
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 704 arctiad, whitish suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area browner, a brown discoidal spot. Hab. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment (Doherfg), 3 S , 1 2 type. ISocp. 24 millim. S33 a. Siccia microsticta, n. sp. Antenna- of male with the shaft dilated near base, then sen-ate and fasciculate; hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked. 6 â Head, thorax, and abdomen chalky white; antennae yellowish towards tips; frons yellowish ; palpi blackish ; legs tinged with yellow and the tibia? and tarsi streaked with fuscous in front; abdomen ventrally tinged with yellowish. Fore wing chalky. Fig. 227.âSiccia microsticta, J . i. white ; the costal edge black towards base; subbasal and ante- medial black points in submedian fold; black points in middle of cell and just beyond the discocellulars; a postmedial black point in submedian fold; a small terminal black spot at vein 4 and a point at submedian fold. Hind wing chalky white. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous brown except the inner area; hind wing faintly tinged with brown and with fuscous discoidal spot. Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 6 type. Exp. 1G millim. 833 b. Siccia gypsia, n. sp. Antenna? of male ciliated; hind wing with veins 3 and o 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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