. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 129. — Casandria melanograpJia, S. \, subterminal line black, dentate below costa and at veins 7, 6, then minutely waved, excurved at middle, and bent inwards at vein 2 to below end of cell; a series of small wedge-shaped black spots just before termen; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen, inner margin and cilia tinged with fuscous, the ridges of scales ochreous; the underside with the costal half suffused with fuscous. Hah. Br. Guiana, Potaro E. {Kaye), 1 c? type. Exp. 32 millim.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 129. — Casandria melanograpJia, S. \, subterminal line black, dentate below costa and at veins 7, 6, then minutely waved, excurved at middle, and bent inwards at vein 2 to below end of cell; a series of small wedge-shaped black spots just before termen; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen, inner margin and cilia tinged with fuscous, the ridges of scales ochreous; the underside with the costal half suffused with fuscous. Hah. Br. Guiana, Potaro E. {Kaye), 1 c? type. Exp. 32 millim. 0. Wings of male without tufts of hair or ridges of scales. a. Hind wing of male with the tornus slightly lobed, veins i, 5 shortly stalked, the discocellulars almost obsolete. 6664. Casandria amplipennis, n. sp. Head and thorax white mixed with brown and reddish ochreous ; palpi with the 2nd joint black above ; tegulse with black band near base; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous mixed with black, the base white with some blackish at. Fig. 130.— Casandria amplipennis, (^. sides, a lateral series of black points, the ventral surface white mixed with rufous, three short black streaks at base and two on anal tuft. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and with some pink suffusion on antemedial and terminal areas ; subbasal line slight, black, dentate, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black, strongly angled outwards in cell and slightly in submedian fold, VOL. XI. 2 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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