. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. —ALErriXA. 229 indistinct sinuous postmedial Hue ; a dark terminal lino ; cilia pale ; the underside oclireous, the costal and termiual areas irrorated Avith brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Ilab. , Arizona, Phoenix, 1 J , 1 $ . Exj). 2(J millim. Geuus ALEPTINA. Type. Akptina. Djar, Can. Ent. xxxiv. p. 105 (_iyU2) inca. Proboscis aborted and ratlier sliglit; palpi obliquely porreet, slenderly scaled and extending to extremity of the large flattened eorneons plate at middle of fVons, a
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. —ALErriXA. 229 indistinct sinuous postmedial Hue ; a dark terminal lino ; cilia pale ; the underside oclireous, the costal and termiual areas irrorated Avith brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Ilab. , Arizona, Phoenix, 1 J , 1 $ . Exj). 2(J millim. Geuus ALEPTINA. Type. Akptina. Djar, Can. Ent. xxxiv. p. 105 (_iyU2) inca. Proboscis aborted and ratlier sliglit; palpi obliquely porreet, slenderly scaled and extending to extremity of the large flattened eorneons plate at middle of fVons, a corneous jilate below the frons excised in front; eyes large, round; antenna? of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely \>itli scales and without crests; tibijc sliglitly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terinen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins .'i and 5 from near angle of cell; (3 from up]«r angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 obsolescent from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 froui upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to towards middle. 3846. Aleptina inca. Alcpiina inca, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxsiv. p. 105 (1902); id. Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 107. Head and thorax black mixed with white, the frons above and back of head mostly white ; pectus white ; tarsi black ringed wit li white ; abdomen brownish ochrcous, the ventral surface whitish irrorated vrith brown. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated with black and white, the basal area whitish except before costal half of. Fig. 54.—Alcpiina inca, cJ. f. anteraedial line, which is double, black, angled outwards below costa and cell; claviform slight, narrow, elongate, defined below by black and white ; orbicular with brown centre and white annulus defined by black, large, round ; reniform grey with faint white annulus, undefined, an oblique white shade from cost
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