. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. GYKTONA. 213 6467. Gyrtona hylusalis. Gijrtona hylusalis, Wlk. xxvii. 93 (1863); Hiiipsn. 111. Het. \x. p. 104, pi. 163. f. 18; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405. Gyrtona nigrocinerea, Wlk. xxvii. 94 (1863j. Gyrtona dorsifascialis, Wlk. xxvii. 95 (1863). Gyrtona strenualis, Wlk. xxvii. 96 (1863). Gyrtona monilialis, Wlk. xxvii. 97 (1863). Nephopteryx demptella, Wlk. xxxv. 1721 (1866). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; pectus whitish ; abdomen fuscous brown with some grey at base, the ventral surface whitish. Pore wing d
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. GYKTONA. 213 6467. Gyrtona hylusalis. Gijrtona hylusalis, Wlk. xxvii. 93 (1863); Hiiipsn. 111. Het. \x. p. 104, pi. 163. f. 18; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405. Gyrtona nigrocinerea, Wlk. xxvii. 94 (1863j. Gyrtona dorsifascialis, Wlk. xxvii. 95 (1863). Gyrtona strenualis, Wlk. xxvii. 96 (1863). Gyrtona monilialis, Wlk. xxvii. 97 (1863). Nephopteryx demptella, Wlk. xxxv. 1721 (1866). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; pectus whitish ; abdomen fuscous brown with some grey at base, the ventral surface whitish. Pore wing dark red-brown mixed with grey and with slight silvery irroratiou ; subbasal line slight, dark, excurved below costa and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double, filled in with grey except towards costa, oblique towards costa and slightly incurved at vein 1, some whitish before it on inner half and some raised blackish scales on its outer edge in and below cell; medial line slight, sinuous ; rcniform slightly defined by black and with some raised scales in centre; the outer part of medial area with. Fig. 69.— Gyrtona hylusalis, S. \- whitish patch on inner half; postmedial line formed of raised black scales slightly defined on inner side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa and traces of a dark line excurved at middle; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by dark brown, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of blackish, striae. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips, the underside paler. Hob. Travancore, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 1 S ', Ceylon {Temple- ton, Nietner), 3 c? , 5 5 , type and types nigrocinerea, strenualis, and monilialis ; hab. ign., 1 d , 1 $ , types dorsifascialis and demptella. Krp. 20-24 millim. 6468. Gyrtona oxyptera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 28.) Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with purplish grey ; ab
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