. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 316 NOCTUID^. a minute black spot at upper angle of cell and larger spot at lower angle; medial line fuscous brown, oblique from costa to discal fold where it is met by an oblique yellow streak from apex defined below b}^ brown, then inwardly oblique and double ; postmedial line oblique and dark from costa to the apical streak, then yellow defined on outer side by brown and nearly straight to tornus;. Fig. 64.—Entomogramma -jjardus, c?. traces of a series of dark points before termen ; a fine yellow line at base of cilia.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 316 NOCTUID^. a minute black spot at upper angle of cell and larger spot at lower angle; medial line fuscous brown, oblique from costa to discal fold where it is met by an oblique yellow streak from apex defined below b}^ brown, then inwardly oblique and double ; postmedial line oblique and dark from costa to the apical streak, then yellow defined on outer side by brown and nearly straight to tornus;. Fig. 64.—Entomogramma -jjardus, c?. traces of a series of dark points before termen ; a fine yellow line at base of cilia. wing greyish ochreous thickly irrorated and striated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown, the costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin yellow; a double oblique fuscous antemedial line and traces of three waved medial lines except on the yellow areas; subterminal line yellow, almost straight from costa before apex to tornus; the veins of terminal area with very slight pale streaks; a fine yellow line at base of cilia which are greyish at tips. Underside of both wings yellow ; fore wing with dark point in middle of cell and slight discoidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal point; botli wings with slight punctiform curved medial line, postmedial series of small dark spots excurved beyond the cells, double subterminal maculate line, and series of points before termen. Ab. 1. venusta. Wings much more strongly striated with brown. Ab. 2. pardalis. AVings more uniform brownish. Ab. 3. Similar but fore wing with large black discoidal lunule. Hah. SiERKA. Lkone (Foxcroft, Morgan), 2 J", 2 $ type venusta ; S. Nigeria, Jebba (Christy), 1 $ , 8apele (Sampson), 1 § ; iS". Angola, Kibokolo do Zombo (Lnois), 1 $ ; E. Afeica, Mombasa (de la Garde), 1 c?, Machakos (Crawsliay), 1 2 ) ^^lii Valley. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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