. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. EUTOMIS.—CERYX. 35 Black shot with metallic blue. Fig. 13.—Ei/fomis minceus, J. \. Hind wino; with white patch below veins 2 and 5. JIah. (Jape Colony, five specimens {T gulae, patagia, and sides of thorax with white patches; ab- domen shot with metallic green, the first four seg- ments fringed with white scales. Fore wing with white basal point; quad- rate spots below base and in end of cell; an oblique patch below vein 2, a small sj)ot above G, and two spots b
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. EUTOMIS.—CERYX. 35 Black shot with metallic blue. Fig. 13.—Ei/fomis minceus, J. \. Hind wino; with white patch below veins 2 and 5. JIah. (Jape Colony, five specimens {T gulae, patagia, and sides of thorax with white patches; ab- domen shot with metallic green, the first four seg- ments fringed with white scales. Fore wing with white basal point; quad- rate spots below base and in end of cell; an oblique patch below vein 2, a small sj)ot above G, and two spots between veins 3 and 5. the cell and spot between \en). Kxn. 42 millira. Genus CERYX. Type. Ceryx, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 140 (1863) anthraciformiK. A(japhthora, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. VV. (2) i. p. 774 (1886) melcDiora. Syvtomoides, Huipsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 209 (1892) imaon. Proboscis well developed ; palpi porrect and not extending beyond tlie f rons ; niicl and hind tibue with minute terminal pairs of spurs, hind tibi;r rarely witli two pairs. Fore wing witli vein 5 curved ; 6 from, or from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked*. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 4, and 7 absent. Sect. I. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 3 from near angle of cell. 9. Ceryx pleurosticta, n. sp. 2 . Black-brown ; antenna? white at tips ; irons yellowish white ; spots above eyes, tegulae, patches on patagia, meso- and metathorax, pectus, and coxa3 yellow ; tarsi Mith the 1st joint white; ab- domen with dorsal yellow ])atch on 1st segment and lateral patches on the next five seg- ments ; the ventral surface yellow. Fore wing with two yellow points at base; a hya- line spot below base of cell, a. 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 Hampson, George Francis, 186
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