. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ANTGE2EA. 101 a small white spot on inner margin towards tornus; traces of a subterminal series of small dark spots; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wjng fuscous brown, the basal area paler; a slight pale mark on tormen near tornus ; the underside with traces of curved medial and double postmedial lines, the latter with slight black streaks on median nervures, a terminal series of small black lunules, the one near tornus with white mark before it. Hob. Sierra Leonk {Cator), 1 2 type ; S. Nigeria (Samr)son), 1 2
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ANTGE2EA. 101 a small white spot on inner margin towards tornus; traces of a subterminal series of small dark spots; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wjng fuscous brown, the basal area paler; a slight pale mark on tormen near tornus ; the underside with traces of curved medial and double postmedial lines, the latter with slight black streaks on median nervures, a terminal series of small black lunules, the one near tornus with white mark before it. Hob. Sierra Leonk {Cator), 1 2 type ; S. Nigeria (Samr)son), 1 2 • ^^J-p. 28 millim. 6318. Anigrraa rubida. Aniffrcea ruhida, \Ylk. 3om-n. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 139 (1862); Swinh. Uat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 93, pi. ii. f. 16. Gadirtha diffu7idens, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 161 (1864). Mgilia obscura, Moore, Leo. Atk. p. 146 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 392. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with purplish red; abdomen fuscous mixed with purplish red and greyish, the base pale, sub- dorsal series of sliglit black bars and subveutral series of white points. Fore wing dark brown tinged with purplish red, the costal area usually more fuscous, the discal and submedian folds more grey-brown ; traces of a double waved subbasal line from costa to. Fig, 37.—Anigrcea rubida, (S. \. vein 1 ; an indistinct double waved antemedial line bent inwards to costa and inner margin, a small tuft of raised scales on it in cell and another tuft at upper angle above the obscure discoidal spot; traces of a waved medial line bent inwards to inner margin; an indistinct double postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and strongly bent inwards to inner margin; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined below vein 7 by a blackish mark and excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black striae and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, a fine pale line at
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