Moths . ^^ ^. ^ postmedial line more excurved from costa to vein 2. Hind wing with theorange bands broader; the postmedial line more excurved betweenveins 5 and 2. Hah. W. and S. Africa; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma;Australia. Exp. 20 millim. 4999. Lygropia amplificata, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 145. S • Head and thorax ochreous marked with fuscous ; palpi withblack spot at end of 2nd joint; abdomen orange, the terminal seg-ment with black spot at base followed by brown and white wing ochreous suffused with fuscous, leaving patches ofochreous on basal and costal areas an
Moths . ^^ ^. ^ postmedial line more excurved from costa to vein 2. Hind wing with theorange bands broader; the postmedial line more excurved betweenveins 5 and 2. Hah. W. and S. Africa; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma;Australia. Exp. 20 millim. 4999. Lygropia amplificata, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 145. S • Head and thorax ochreous marked with fuscous ; palpi withblack spot at end of 2nd joint; abdomen orange, the terminal seg-ment with black spot at base followed by brown and white wing ochreous suffused with fuscous, leaving patches ofochreous on basal and costal areas and on the postmedial line;black costal spots at base and on the sinuous antemedial line;black spots in cell and on discocellulars; both wings with a post-medial minutely dentate line arising from a black spot on costaof fore wing straight to vein 2, then retracted to lower angle ofcell; a marginal series of KMsis. Exp. 22 LYGROPIA. 343 .5000. Lygropia euryclealis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 651; C. $ S. no. 4056. Ockreous yellow; head and collar dull fulvous brown. Forewing with the costal and outer areas fulvous brown; the latterexpanding at outer angle; an obliquely sinuous antemedial brownline; a speck in cell and discocellular lunule; a minutely wavedpostmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, thenretracted to below angle of cell. Hind wing with discocellularspeck; a medial line very much bent outwards between veins 5and 2 and dentate on those veins ; a dull fulvous marginal band,broad at costa, tapering to anal angle; cilia of both wings grey-brown. Hab. Sikhim; Moulmein; Flores. Exp., <S 26, $ 28 milliin. 5001. Lygropia distorta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 270, pi. 180, fig. 7; C. § S. no. 4340. Differs from amyntusalis in being brighter yellow, the abdomendark orange fulvous except the first two segments, the analsegment blackish with white basal ring and lateral stripes. Forewing with a li
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