. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 532 ARCTIAD-E. 114(1. Palaeopsis diaphanella. ralceopsisdiaphanella, Ilmpsn. 13. M. ix. ,pl. 158. f. 8(1893) id. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 1-4. Head and thorax ochreous white; legs brownish above; abdomen Avhite. Fore wing with ochreous patch on basal costal area: an antcmedial line yellow and maculate towards costa, brownish below the cell and angled inwards on vein 1 ; the medial area strongly irro- ratcd with purplish fuscous ; a black spot in cell; a sinuous ochreous postmedial line, oblique towards costa ; a black di
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 532 ARCTIAD-E. 114(1. Palaeopsis diaphanella. ralceopsisdiaphanella, Ilmpsn. 13. M. ix. ,pl. 158. f. 8(1893) id. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 1-4. Head and thorax ochreous white; legs brownish above; abdomen Avhite. Fore wing with ochreous patch on basal costal area: an antcmedial line yellow and maculate towards costa, brownish below the cell and angled inwards on vein 1 ; the medial area strongly irro- ratcd with purplish fuscous ; a black spot in cell; a sinuous ochreous postmedial line, oblique towards costa ; a black discoidal spot; three subterminal brown patches conjoined by smaller spots above and below the middle patch. Hind wing hyaline white, the termen slightly tinged with brown. JJub. Cetlon {Green, Pole), 5 c? , 5 $ , type. Exp. 14 Fig. 386. Polaopsif diaphuneUa, (^. } (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) Genus HEMIPSILIA, nov. Type, B. (oa-vcsfit<. Proboscis well developed; palj:)! porrccl, not reaching as far as frons: antennjc of male ciliated ; tibiic with tlie spurs short; wings tiiinly scaled. Fore wing with the cell very long ; vein 2 from middle ; 3 from long before angle; 5 from well aboAC angle; (5 shortly stalked with 7,8; 9 absent; 10 from cell; 11 curved, becoming coincident with 10. Hind wing with the cell very long; Tein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from long before angle; ,'j from well above angle; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. *1141. Hemipsilia coa-vestis. JS'ndaria coa-vc^iis, Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 124 (1894). <S. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing pale yellow-brown. Fore wing with almost hyaline autemedial band; a hyaline annulus in cell extending to costa and Avith a slight tail from its lower edge; an almost hyaline postmedial line bent outwards to origin of vein 5. Hind wing yellowish hyaline. J/ab. JSiKniM (Ehves), 1 -5 type t in Coll. Elwes. Eap. 2U Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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