. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 122 ARCTIAD^. Typp. qiH(dri])hi/a. Genus MITHUNA. Mifhitna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. :21 Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching vertex of liead, a!id fringed with hair in front ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; atidonieu clothed witli roiigli liair. Fore wing ratlier short and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell; 3. 4 stalked; 5 absent; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. Iliud wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; K), 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; (1, 7 on a long
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 122 ARCTIAD^. Typp. qiH(dri])hi/a. Genus MITHUNA. Mifhitna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. :21 Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching vertex of liead, a!id fringed with hair in front ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; atidonieu clothed witli roiigli liair. Fore wing ratlier short and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell; 3. 4 stalked; 5 absent; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. Iliud wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; K), 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; (1, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 0 stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10; 10 from before 7; anteunm of male bipcctinate. 235, Mithuna fiiscivena. Mithuna fuscivena, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 495 (1896). Fuscous brown. Fore wing with the veins streaked with fuscous. Hiiul wing dull ochrcous, the costal area tinged with Fig. 64.—Mithuna fuscivena, (^. §. Hah. Ceylon {Pole), 3 d, 4 $, type; Borneo, Palo Laut (Dohertij), 1 cJ , 1 2- Exji. 16 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 6 from long below angle of cell; antennae of male with bristles and cilia. A. Fore wing with vein 7 from before 10. 236. Mithuna quadriplaga. Mithuna quadriplaga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 86; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. cJ . Head and teguloe orange-yellow ; palpi and thorax fuscous brown; antennae brown; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tufts yellow. Fore wing brown, with some fuscous at base of costa; a fuscous medial spot on costa with traces of a line arising from it strongly excurved from below costa to cell; an indistinct irregular subterminal line most pro- minent towards costa. Hind wing pale brown. $ , Head and tegulas brown. Ilah. SiKUiM, 3 6 {Du'lffeon, Pilchcr), 1 $ , ^loore type Bhutan, 2 J {Dadyeon). Exp-, 6 22, $ 26 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for read
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