. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 550 ABCTIADJE. 5 . Head and thorax orange, the metathorax with a whitish patch; palpi with the 3rd joint black; fore legs, mid tibiae and tarsi and hind tibise at extremity and tarsi brown above ; abdomen pale yellow. Fore wing very pale yellow, the inner area more. Fig1. 145.—Pseudlepista flavicosta, §. \. ochreous, the costal edge orange. Hind wing very pale ATellow. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing more orange, the disk of fore wing tinged with fuscous. Hab. Congo, Katanga Distr. {Neave), 1 $ type. Exp.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 550 ABCTIADJE. 5 . Head and thorax orange, the metathorax with a whitish patch; palpi with the 3rd joint black; fore legs, mid tibiae and tarsi and hind tibise at extremity and tarsi brown above ; abdomen pale yellow. Fore wing very pale yellow, the inner area more. Fig1. 145.—Pseudlepista flavicosta, §. \. ochreous, the costal edge orange. Hind wing very pale ATellow. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing more orange, the disk of fore wing tinged with fuscous. Hab. Congo, Katanga Distr. {Neave), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 522 a. Aglossosia latifusca. (Plate XXIX. fig. 22.) Aglossosia latifusca, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xix. p. 232 (1907). J . Head and thorax deep orange; antennae blackish, the shaft whitish above ; palpi fuscous above; legs striped with fuscous; abdomen orange with black dorsal stripe and segmental bands except at base. Fore wing fuscous ; a yellow fascia on costa narrowing to a point before apex; a yellow fascia on inner margin ; cilia yellow. Hind wing pale yellow, the costal area suffused with fuscous or suffused irregularly with fuscous to submedian fold leaving the inner area and termen yellow. Underside of both wings with slight dark discoidal spot. Hab. Uganda, Ketoma, 50'~0' (Doggett), 2 ), 1 d type. Hrj>. 32 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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