. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. BLENISA. GKYPOSOBA. 423 vein 2, bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and bent outwards to inner margin ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by green and with blackish spot at tornus, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia white with a series of brown spots. Hind wing v\hitish sufFased with fuscous brown, the cilia with fine white line at base and whitish tips; the underside brownish white, the terminal area fuscous from ap
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. BLENISA. GKYPOSOBA. 423 vein 2, bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and bent outwards to inner margin ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by green and with blackish spot at tornus, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia white with a series of brown spots. Hind wing v\hitish sufFased with fuscous brown, the cilia with fine white line at base and whitish tips; the underside brownish white, the terminal area fuscous from apex to submedian fold. Hah. Philippines, Luzon, 1 cS type; Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 $ ; Talaux (Dohertif), 1 cf. KvjJ. 24-30 millim. Genus GEYPOSOBA, nov. Type, G. catagra'pha. Proboscis rather small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching nbout to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled in front and behind, the 3rd short; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennje of male ciliated, the basal joint with tuft of hair in front; thorax clothed witli scales and hair mixed, tlie prothorax with crest, the metathoriix with very long crest projecting backwards; fore tibia; fringed with hair on outer side, the mid tibite moderately fringed with hair, the hind tibite smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen excised above tornus where there is a scale-tooth, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from just before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 6766. Gryposoba catagrapha. Cymatophoropsis catagra])ha. Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. sxvii. p. 7 (1903). Thyatira dinawa, , Nov. Zool. xi. p. 381, pi. v. f. 43 (1904). (5'. Head and thorax dark brown ; tegulse and patagia edged by
Size: 3034px × 824px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1898
