. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 562 NocTuiDJi;, and irrorated with a iew black scales; the costal edge black ; a small black spot at base of costa ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and a few scales below the cell, the ante- medial line by a black striga from costa, then by a few scales, ex- curved ; a black mark on costa before the postmedial line which is. Fig. 158, slight, black, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some small white spots beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indisti
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 562 NocTuiDJi;, and irrorated with a iew black scales; the costal edge black ; a small black spot at base of costa ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and a few scales below the cell, the ante- medial line by a black striga from costa, then by a few scales, ex- curved ; a black mark on costa before the postmedial line which is. Fig. 158, slight, black, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some small white spots beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, escurved below vein 7 and to termen at middle, leaving a semicircular black patch beyond it below apex and a black line towards tornus ; a terminal series of whitish points ; cilia black mixed with some grey. Hind wing greyish wholly suffused with fuscous black, the cilia with a slight pale line at base ; the underside paler irrorated with fuscoiis brown, a dark discoidal striga and postmedial line. Rab. Ceylon, Pundaloya {Green), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim. Genus NEOSTROTIA, nov. Type, N. malonia. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 3rd short; Irons smooth ; eyes lai-ge, round ; antennfe of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibise moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas darker than the medial area nigripalpis. ,B. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas not darker than the medial area mcdonia. 4305. Neostrotia nigripalpis. (P
Size: 2671px × 936px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1898
