. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. STDIVA, 379 fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with long rough hair and hair-like scales, the vertex of head crested, the tliorax without distinct crests ; pectus and tibiis clothed with long hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair, a series of dorsal crests on basal segments and lateral fringes of hair. Pore wing with tlie apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; (> from upper angle ; 'J from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from c


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. STDIVA, 379 fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with long rough hair and hair-like scales, the vertex of head crested, the tliorax without distinct crests ; pectus and tibiis clothed with long hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair, a series of dorsal crests on basal segments and lateral fringes of hair. Pore wing with tlie apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; (> from upper angle ; 'J from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas- tomosing with the cell near base only. 2558. Sydiva nigrogrisea. St/diva nigrogrisea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 96 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 224. Head aud thorax black mixed with some brown and white ; antennae with white rings at base ; pectus clothed with pale fulvous hair; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with ochreous and grey ; some ochreous at base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa defiued by white on each side ; antemedial line black defined by greyish on inner side and with small ochreous spots at costa and submedian fold, oblique, slightly waved ; orbicular aud reniform with grey- irrorated centres and incomplete ochreous annuli defined by black,. 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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