. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. CORTTTA. 310 rathei* diffused ; a double ratlier diffused waved blackisli medial line, with a black diseoidal striga on its outer edge ; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, below vein 3 obliquely bent inwards to sul)median fold where it forms a spot, then erect to inner margin, a diffused sinuous dark line beyond it and some white points on costa; a double waved fuscous sub- terminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some blackish beyond it at apex; a fine waved black line before teniien with
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. CORTTTA. 310 rathei* diffused ; a double ratlier diffused waved blackisli medial line, with a black diseoidal striga on its outer edge ; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, below vein 3 obliquely bent inwards to sul)median fold where it forms a spot, then erect to inner margin, a diffused sinuous dark line beyond it and some white points on costa; a double waved fuscous sub- terminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some blackish beyond it at apex; a fine waved black line before teniien with black points at the interspaces followed by whitish points; cilia with a. ^^^V Fig. 81.— Cortyta. vetu&ta, ^. fine white line at base. Hind wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with blackish ; a double rather diffused oblique blackish line from discal fold to inner margin ; a rather diffused doul)le slightly waved postmedial blackish line, obsolescent towards costa ; an indistinctly double waved dark subterminal line; a fine waved black line before termen with black points at the interspaces ; cilia with a fine white line at base ; the underside white irrorated with brown except on inner area, two dark diseoidal sti-ise, an indistinct curved postmedial line, double subterminal line, and series of black points before termen. Ab. 1. Paler. Ab. 2. acrosficla. Fore wng with distinct black sjwt at apex. Hah. Palestine, Engeddi, Ain-Dchidi; Sudan, White Nile, Gabt el Meghahid {Dunn), 1 ? , Blue Nile {Flower), 1 6, Port Sudan {Mrs. Waterfield), 2 6,1 $ ; Somaliland, Bulbar {Dral-e-BrocJcman), 1 S ; Bechuanaland, Lake N'Gami {Luf/ard), 1 $ ; Punjab, 1 6 type, Manpuri, 1 d; Bilu- ciitstan, Ormara {Gumming), 1 6 ; Sind, Karachi {Sivinhoe), 3 d; Bombay, 1 6 ; Mabkas, Gooty {Campbell), 1 6. Exp. 3i-40 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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