. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PIIYTOMETEA. 499 *8329. Phytometra cebeana. Polijckrisia kebeaiia, , Nuv. Zool. xiii. p. 271 (190B). 6 . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with reddish brown ; abdomen grey-brown with the lateral fringes of hair rufous. Foro wing brownish grey with slight dark irroration, the medial area suffused with golden bronze except towards costa, the postmedial area except towards costa and the terminal area except at tornus with golden and bronze suffusion ; subbasal line represented by slight double oblique rufous striae fro
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PIIYTOMETEA. 499 *8329. Phytometra cebeana. Polijckrisia kebeaiia, , Nuv. Zool. xiii. p. 271 (190B). 6 . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with reddish brown ; abdomen grey-brown with the lateral fringes of hair rufous. Foro wing brownish grey with slight dark irroration, the medial area suffused with golden bronze except towards costa, the postmedial area except towards costa and the terminal area except at tornus with golden and bronze suffusion ; subbasal line represented by slight double oblique rufous striae from costa and cell; a slight double antemedial line angled outwards below cosbi, interrupted iu cell, then oblique; orbicular with slight whitish annulus, narrow,. Fig. 124. —Phytometra ceheana, J. J, oblique elliptical; reniform very indistinctly defined, constricted at ; the .stigma below the cell consisting of a U-shaped silvery spot tilled in with silver and round spot beyond its lower extremitv, both slightly defined by dark brown; postmedial line double, obsolescent towards costa, bent outwards below , then incurved, excurved between veins 4, 3, then again incurved; subterminal line defined by golden bronze on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a narrow whitish terminal band and fine waved brown terminal line ; cilia pale. Hind wing silky grey tinged with rufous except on terminal area ; the underside suffused and irrorated witli rufous except on terminal area and with indistinct diffused dark postmedial and subterminal bands. Hah. Bii. N". GrUiXEA, Mt. Kebea (Fraff), type f d in Coll. Bethune-I3aker. J^xj). 4G millim. D. Abdomen of male with expansile medial lateral tufts of long hair con- tained iu a fold, the aiuil tuft small. 8330. Phytometra acuta. Plusia acuta, Wlk. xii. 922 (IS-jT). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyisli, the witli blackisli niedial line, the tegula) and patagia witli whitish tips and the latter with
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