. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PROCANTHIA.—; 455 2050. Procanthia argentea. Procanthia argentea, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 59 (1900). 5 . Palpi and frons yellow; vertex of head white at sides, grey at middle, some of the hairs tipped with black; thorax grey, tegulae edged with yellow, spots on shoulders and metathorax yellow, the spatulate hairs tipped with black ; pectus and legs fuscous and grey, the latter with some yellow hair; abdomen orange-yellow, the hair at base
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PROCANTHIA.—; 455 2050. Procanthia argentea. Procanthia argentea, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 59 (1900). 5 . Palpi and frons yellow; vertex of head white at sides, grey at middle, some of the hairs tipped with black; thorax grey, tegulae edged with yellow, spots on shoulders and metathorax yellow, the spatulate hairs tipped with black ; pectus and legs fuscous and grey, the latter with some yellow hair; abdomen orange-yellow, the hair at base and dorsal bands grey, lateral blackish bands, the ventral surface grey. Fore wing silvery white; two subbasal black spots below costa and two below cell with some 3^ellow between them; an antemedial yellow band edged on each. Fig. 195.—Procanthia argentea, 5. l. side by black spots, bent inwards in cell and angled inwards in submedian fold; a V-shaped black mark in cell near extremity; a black line just beyond the discocellulars ; a yellow postmedial band edged by black spots, continuous on outer side, broken in places on inner, obliquely curved from costa to join the lower end of the line beyond cell and V-mark in it, then erect to just above inner margin ; a subterminal series of black spots ; cilia pale yellow. Hind wing nearly pure white ; cilia pale yellow at base. Hah. C. Colony, Grahamstown, 1 $ type. Exp. 46 millim. Genus GRAMMARCTIA. Type. Grammardia, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr, 1899, p. 243 hilinea. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending to end of the large rounded frontal prominence ; antennae of female simple; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 2051. Grammarctia hilinea. Set
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