. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 256.—Afrida tortriciformis, J. the cilia black. Hah. Jamaica, Kingston {Cockerell), 1 S Type t in Coll. Staudinger. Ex2-). 12 millim. B. (Keoselca). Hind wing normal. a. Fore wing with blackish medial band minuta. b. Fore wing with triangular patch on costa mdicerta. 736. Afrida minuta. lioJa minuta, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 140, pi. 13. f. 17 (1885); Kirby, Cat Het. p. 374. cJ . Head, tegula?, and patagia white; palpi, antennse, and thorax blackish ; legs black and white ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused u i
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 256.—Afrida tortriciformis, J. the cilia black. Hah. Jamaica, Kingston {Cockerell), 1 S Type t in Coll. Staudinger. Ex2-). 12 millim. B. (Keoselca). Hind wing normal. a. Fore wing with blackish medial band minuta. b. Fore wing with triangular patch on costa mdicerta. 736. Afrida minuta. lioJa minuta, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 140, pi. 13. f. 17 (1885); Kirby, Cat Het. p. 374. cJ . Head, tegula?, and patagia white; palpi, antennse, and thorax blackish ; legs black and white ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused u ith fuscous. Eore wing silvery wliite; the base of costa and some basal points black; a dentate subbasal line not reaching inner margin ; a medial fuscous band, defined by dentate black lines, constricted in cell and traversed by an indistinct waved line; a dark point at lower angle of ce]l; some diffused fuscous on terminal area, a black point on costa, an oldicjue streak from apex, and traces of a subtermiual waved line. Hind wing white, tinged with fuscous towards termen ; an in- distinct discoidal point. Uah. Costa Kica, Irazu (Rogers), 1 S type, Godmau-Salvin Coll. Exj). 18 Fig. "257.—Afrida minuta, cj'.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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