. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. LEOCYMA. AllMACTlCA. 66e3 brown towards base ; the terminal area reddish brown tinged with purplish fuscous, delined on inner side by a nearly evenly incurved darker line: an indistinct diffused blackish subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area broadly. Fig. 274.—Lcocyma caiiiilla, tS. \. suffused with brown, narrowing to tornus ; cilia brown with a fine pale line at base, yellowish towards tornus. Underside of fore wing brown wit
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. LEOCYMA. AllMACTlCA. 66e3 brown towards base ; the terminal area reddish brown tinged with purplish fuscous, delined on inner side by a nearly evenly incurved darker line: an indistinct diffused blackish subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area broadly. Fig. 274.—Lcocyma caiiiilla, tS. \. suffused with brown, narrowing to tornus ; cilia brown with a fine pale line at base, yellowish towards tornus. Underside of fore wing brown with the inner area whitish; hind wing yellowish white with some brown suffusion on termen except towards tornus. 5 . Hind wing wholly suffused with brown on upperside. Hah. \V. Africa {Dudgeon), 1 S ; S. Leone, Free Town [Austoi), 1 2 , Port Lokko {Penny), 1 5 ; Gold Coast, Bibianaha (SjiurreU), 1 J ; S. Nigeria, Sapele (Samjhson), 1 c?, Asaba (Crosse), 1 J; Cameroons (liutJierford), 1 $ . Exp. 36-38 millim. Genus ARMACTICA. lype. Ar/itactica, Wlk. xxxiii. 808 (18(55) coluuibina. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturnecl, the 2nd joint reaebiug to about vertex of head and ratber slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; Irons smooth; eyes large, round ; antennas of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibia3 slightly fringed with hair; abdomen witliout crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not creuulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tlie areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing witli tbe cell near base only. A. Fore wing with small blue-centred ocelli on terminal area. a. Fore wing without white on inner medial area. rt\ Fore wing with the postniedial line excurved to well beyond the small discoidal ocellus; hind wing with
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