. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. MASSAGA. G43 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; o, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulard; 0, 7 from uppsr angle; mile with a fringe of long hair on upperside in cell. A. Wings with the bands whitish. a. Wings, especially the hind wing, with the band broad ... maritona. b. Wings with the band narrow :... vireseens. B. Wings with the band metallic greenish monteirona. 190. Massaga maritona. Massaga maritona, Butl. P. Z. S. ISOS, p. '11\, pi. 17. f. 1 ; Kir


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. MASSAGA. G43 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; o, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulard; 0, 7 from uppsr angle; mile with a fringe of long hair on upperside in cell. A. Wings with the bands whitish. a. Wings, especially the hind wing, with the band broad ... maritona. b. Wings with the band narrow :... vireseens. B. Wings with the band metallic greenish monteirona. 190. Massaga maritona. Massaga maritona, Butl. P. Z. S. ISOS, p. '11\, pi. 17. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 33. d". Head and tegulne ciimsoii: Srd joint, of palpi, frontal prominence, and antennae black; fore coxae and femora crimson; thorax and abdomen black shot with blue, the extremity of abdomen and base of anal tuft chrome-yellow. Fore wing black shot with brilliant blue, the veins streaked with metallic blue ; a moderately. Fig. 283.—Masmga marUoua, J broad medial yellowish-white band narrowing towards costa which it does not quite reach, its outer edge somewhat diffused. Hind wing black shot with brilliant blue; a broad yellowish-white medial band with somewhat waved edges ending near tornus. 5 . Abdomen with the w^hole anal tuft yellow ; fore wing with the medial band bent inwards from median nervure to costa. JIah. Sierra Leone (), 3 (5 lypt% (Austen) 2 J, 1 $. Exp., (S 50, $ 5G millim. 101. Massaga virescens. Mnssoga hesparia, Wlk. ii. 358 (;>4), nee Cram. Mcissaga virescens, Butl. Lep. Exot. p. ;), ])1. 01. f. 15 (1874); Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 33. Massaga angu>itifa.''cla, Roths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 31 (1896). 2 . Black, shot with bronze-green ; head, tegular, pectus in front, fore coxae, and femora crimson. Fore wing with creamy-white band just beyond the cell, bent inwards and narrowing towards costa, which it does not quite reach. Hind wing with creamy- white band just beyond the cell, slightly angled at vein 5 and endi


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