. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. .j^iSr. Fig. 222.— Ccenotoea subaspersa, (^. \. small white spots on lower discocellular and on termcn in subniedian interspace. Hah. Queensland, Moreton Bay (Dtgr/le), 1 c? type; N. S, Wales, Richmond {Schrader), 2 J . Exj). 'd4 milliin. Genus MICROHELIA, nov. Type, M. angelica. Pruboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extending as far as frontal prominence and fi-inged with long hair below, the 3rd moderate; frons with truncate prominence with raised edges, small truncate process at middle and corneous pla
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. .j^iSr. Fig. 222.— Ccenotoea subaspersa, (^. \. small white spots on lower discocellular and on termcn in subniedian interspace. Hah. Queensland, Moreton Bay (Dtgr/le), 1 c? type; N. S, Wales, Richmond {Schrader), 2 J . Exj). 'd4 milliin. Genus MICROHELIA, nov. Type, M. angelica. Pruboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extending as far as frontal prominence and fi-inged with long hair below, the 3rd moderate; frons with truncate prominence with raised edges, small truncate process at middle and corneous plate below it; eyes small, reniform ; antennie of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough hair only anfl without crests; tibiffi fringed with long hair; abdomen sparsely clothed with long hair and without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 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 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the medial band not extending below vein 1 .. avgr'ica. B. Fore wing witli tiie medial band extending to inner margin .. rcs/ric/alis. 4946. Microhelia angelica. Hcliodcs angelica. Smith, Proc. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 484 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep'. N. Am. p. 193. Head and thorax black-brown with some grey hair ; palpi below. 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, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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