. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 482 large oblique U-shaped black mark defined by rufous below end of cell; postmedial line formed of black spots and striae defined bj' rufous on inner side, slightly bent outwards below cosia, oblique to vein 5, cxcurved to vein 3, then oblique and sinuous, another maculate black line beyond it except towards costa, confluent with the rufous subterminal band excurved at middle, and with some rufous points before it on costa; the veins of terminal area. Fig. 114.— Catephiodes oneeci, 5 . t- streaked with black; a f
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 482 large oblique U-shaped black mark defined by rufous below end of cell; postmedial line formed of black spots and striae defined bj' rufous on inner side, slightly bent outwards below cosia, oblique to vein 5, cxcurved to vein 3, then oblique and sinuous, another maculate black line beyond it except towards costa, confluent with the rufous subterminal band excurved at middle, and with some rufous points before it on costa; the veins of terminal area. Fig. 114.— Catephiodes oneeci, 5 . t- streaked with black; a fine waved black terminal line ; cilia with some rufous at base. Hind wing white, the inner margin and a terminal band black-brown, the latter expanding very broadly on apical area; the underside with the brown diiFused along costa to near base. Hah. Br. jST, Guinea, Aroa R. {Meek), type t $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 56 millim. Genus ERCHEIA. Ercheia, Wlk. xiii. 1107 (1857) Type. _ diversipenms. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennas of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiiE moderately fringed with hair, the fore tibite not spined, the hind tibi£e spined ; abdomen with large spreading crest on basal segment and some rough hair on two following segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen typically evenly curved and highly crenulate, the inner margin somewhat lobed before middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from apper angle ; 9 from 10 anastoniosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; b fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base Please note that these images are extracted from sc
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