. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PHLEGETONIA. 73 area whitish ; some whitish on termen towards tornns; cilia red- brown. Underside of fore wing Avith the costal area irrorated with brown, some red suffusion below postmedial part of costa and a grey apical patch, the rest of wing fuscous brown with the inner area whitish ; hind wing pale grej' irrorated with brown, a double diirk discoidal striga and indistinct double sinuous subterminal line except towards costa. Hah. Gambia (Malonei/), type J in Coll. Druce ; N. Nigeeia, Punguma {Anderson), 1 5 type. Exp. 3
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PHLEGETONIA. 73 area whitish ; some whitish on termen towards tornns; cilia red- brown. Underside of fore wing Avith the costal area irrorated with brown, some red suffusion below postmedial part of costa and a grey apical patch, the rest of wing fuscous brown with the inner area whitish ; hind wing pale grej' irrorated with brown, a double diirk discoidal striga and indistinct double sinuous subterminal line except towards costa. Hah. Gambia (Malonei/), type J in Coll. Druce ; N. Nigeeia, Punguma {Anderson), 1 5 type. Exp. 30 millim. B. Fore wing with the termen slightly excurved at vein 6, angled at vein 4, then oblique. 6283. Phlegetonia holocausta. Eutelia hohcausta, Hrapsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 379 (1905). 2 . Head, thorax, and base of abdomen fiery rufous ; tegulae with blackish patches at base ; palpi long ; abdomen rufous tinged with gre}^ with small lateral chocolate-red spots on 3rd and 4th segments. Fore wing fiery rufous slightly tinged with grey and irrorated with fuscous ; traces of an antemedial red line, oblique below the cell; a fiery red spot in middle of cell ; a faint pale discoidal lunule;. Fig. 28.—Phlegetonia holocmtsta, §. \. traces of a double postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6 and below vein 4; a chocolate-red patch on costa before apex outwardly defined by an oblique white line with some fuscous beyond it; traces of a subterminal line excurved at middle, then strongly incurved, wdth minute dentate chocolate marks before it above and below vein 5 and slight rufous marks above and below 2; termen angled at vein 4, then oblique. Hind wing fiery rufous with small chocolate-red spots on inner margin towards tornus ; the Underside with chocolate discoidal spot and minutely waved medial, post- medial, and subterminal lines, obsolescent on costal half. Hab. S. NiGEPaA, Sapele {Say^ipson), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim. 0. {Phlegetoiiio). Fore wing with the termen obl
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