. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PERICALLIA. 353 1881. Pericallia picta. Bchpeia picta, Wlk. xxxi. 263 (1864); Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 54; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 351. Tatargina formosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 366 ; id. 111. Het. B. M. iii. p. 8, pi. 43. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 351. (S • Head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet; antennoD black; tegulae, patagia, mcso- and metathorax with white patches with black spots on them ; legs striped with black ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wi
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PERICALLIA. 353 1881. Pericallia picta. Bchpeia picta, Wlk. xxxi. 263 (1864); Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 54; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 351. Tatargina formosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 366 ; id. 111. Het. B. M. iii. p. 8, pi. 43. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 351. (S • Head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet; antennoD black; tegulae, patagia, mcso- and metathorax with white patches with black spots on them ; legs striped with black ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing scarlet, with subbasal, two antemedial, medial, postmedial, and. Fig. 156.—Pericallia picta, J. -J. (From Moths lud. vol. ii.) subterminal white bands with series of black-edged grej spots on them, the 1st two angled outwards below costa, the 4th with a lunulate spot just bej-ond or conjoined to the grej' discoidal spots, the spots of the subterminal band elongate. Hind wing yellow, suffused with scarlet. 2 . Abdomen yellow above, scarlet towards base, the ventral surface with black and white bands ; hind wing scarlet; an ante- medial black spot on costa, a discoidal spot with another on costa above it, sometimes some spots between lower angle of cell and inner margin ; some postmedial and subterminal spots towards costa. Ab. \. formosa. Pore wing with the bands wider. Hah. S. China, 1 5 type/ormo.'^a; Burma, Moulmein, 1 $ type, Prome, Kalewa {Watson), 3 S , Hsipaw {De Niceville), 1 S . Exp., 6 40, $ 54-58 millim. 1882. Pericallia ellioti. Callarctia ellioti, Butl. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 73'.), pi. 43. f. 6. $ . Head and thorax black-brown; vertex of head and antenna^ pinkish white ; teguhc white with brown spots ; base of patagia and sides of thorax white ; some crimson on neck and prothorax ; femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface brownish. Fore wing dark brown ; a pinkish fascia in base of cell to an obliq
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