. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FIG. 5.—Forewing of Centroptilum bifasciatum. <? . reddish brown towards apex. Femora of intermediate and hind- legs reddish brown, yellowish at the base ; tibiae and tarsi yellowish. Wings vitreous with the greater part of nervures light brown. Fore- wings with the marginal areas and an abrupt, oblique fascia brown coloured; along the hind border is found a faint brown shadow. A few cross-veins in the front and middle part of the wing blackish brown. Hindwing brown towards the FIG. 6.—Hindw
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FIG. 5.—Forewing of Centroptilum bifasciatum. <? . reddish brown towards apex. Femora of intermediate and hind- legs reddish brown, yellowish at the base ; tibiae and tarsi yellowish. Wings vitreous with the greater part of nervures light brown. Fore- wings with the marginal areas and an abrupt, oblique fascia brown coloured; along the hind border is found a faint brown shadow. A few cross-veins in the front and middle part of the wing blackish brown. Hindwing brown towards the FIG. 6.—Hindwing of Centroptilum bifasciatum. $ . The female differs from the male in the colouring of the abdomen. 2nd-7th segments dorsally reddish with vitreous spots especially at the sides, ventrally with a reddish brown streak at the sides of the segments. In the forewing the abrupt fascia and the brown shadow along the hind margin are wanting. Hindwing without brown apex. Sub-imago ($ and ? ). Thorax greyish brown. Abdomen light brown, ventrally paler. Setae greyish brown, paler in the male. Fore. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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