. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 838 N^,. 8146. Epicausis smithi. Daphnaura smithii, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. clxxiv (Marcb 1880); Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 152, pi. v. ff. 53. 53 «; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 203. Epicausis lanigera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 342 CApr. 1880). Head and thorax crimson mixed with some yellow; antennae, palpi, lower part of frons except at middle, pectus and legs black ; abdomen black, the terminal segments and large anal tuft crimson, the ventral surface with black patch on anal segment, the claspers fringed wi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 838 N^,. 8146. Epicausis smithi. Daphnaura smithii, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. clxxiv (Marcb 1880); Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 152, pi. v. ff. 53. 53 «; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 203. Epicausis lanigera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 342 CApr. 1880). Head and thorax crimson mixed with some yellow; antennae, palpi, lower part of frons except at middle, pectus and legs black ; abdomen black, the terminal segments and large anal tuft crimson, the ventral surface with black patch on anal segment, the claspers fringed with some j^ellow hair. Fore wing fulvous orange; sub- basal line double, black, strong, from costa to submedian fold; two antemedial black bars from costa and two lines from submedian fold to inner margin ; two postmedial black bars from costa, and two lines from submedian fold to mner margin ; a terminal greyish fuscous band indented by wedge-shaped orange marks on the veins. Fig. 87.—Epicausis smithi, (^. \. defined by black scales and extending almost to termen. Hind Aving with the basal area and inner margin fuscous black with some yeUow hair at base and along inner margin ; an orange postmedial band, broad at costa, narrowing somewhat to above inner margin near tornus, where it terminates ; a terminal black band narrowing to tornus ; cilia tinged with grey. Underside of fore wing orange, the basal area black, the terminal area fuscous black, broad at costa and narrowing towards tornus, an orange wedge-shaped mark near its inner edge from costa to vein 5. Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cotcan), 1 cj", 1 5 : Fianamntsoa (Cowa?i), 1 cJ, 1 $ type lanigera. Ex^i. 60-70 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, Si
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