. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 76 l mi os i ad .K. and subdorsal streaks; antennae crimson towards base, whitish towards extremity; pectus and legs creamy white, the fore femora pale brown, the tibiae crimson with the extremity In-own, the tarsi crimson ringed with white and with the extremity brown, the mid tibia? with brown bands at base and tips, the tarsi with crimson at ' base of joints and the extremity brown, the hind tibiae with brown band at' extremity; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface creamy white. Fore wing pale grey-brown mottled with cream
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 76 l mi os i ad .K. and subdorsal streaks; antennae crimson towards base, whitish towards extremity; pectus and legs creamy white, the fore femora pale brown, the tibiae crimson with the extremity In-own, the tarsi crimson ringed with white and with the extremity brown, the mid tibia? with brown bands at base and tips, the tarsi with crimson at ' base of joints and the extremity brown, the hind tibiae with brown band at' extremity; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface creamy white. Fore wing pale grey-brown mottled with creamy white, the veins and submedian fold streaked with crimson ; some crimson at base of inner margin with some white on its outer edge ; obliquely placed white antemedial spots in and below the cell with some crimson on their inner sides ; a crimson streak in terminal part of cell with white spots above and below it at middle of cell, the upper defined by a (lark striga outwardly, the lower on both sides, conjoined to a white patch edged by dark stria? below the cell, narrowing below the submedian fold and ending at vein 1 ; the discocellulars crimson with some white on each side of them ; white spots above bases of veins 0 to 3, defined on outer side by dark stria:: a terminal series of white spots in the interspaces defined on inner side by dark stria-, the spots above veins 6 and 3 longer and the spot below vein (i small; cilia Avhite with series of dark brown spots. Hind wing pile crimson, the costal area whitish to beyond middle. Underside pale crimson; fore wing with the costal area grey-brown except at base, the area beyond the cell grey-brown to vein 2 with the spots on it white. Rah. Fb. (Hiaxa, St. .Jean Maroni (Le Moult), type t $ in Coll. Joicey. Exp. -±0 milium 1245 c. Araeomolis sanguinea. Arseomolis sanguinea, Hmpsn. (7) xv. p. 412 (1905). Antenna'of male serrate and fasciculate; hind wing with the tornus produced to a very large lobe clothed with rough
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