. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 346.—Lymantriopsis lacteata, (^. f. costa, excurved bej'ond the cell, then oblique; traces of a sub- terminal line. Hind wing tinged with yellowish towards termen. Bah. W, Africa, Ogove liiver. Type f c? in Coll. Holland. Exj). 16 millira. Genus PAIDIA. Type. Faidia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 159 (1827) murina. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect to well beyond the frons, and roughly scaled ; antennse ot male serrate ; tibice with spurs moderate; wings sparsely clothed with hairlike scales. Fore wing rather broad, the c
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 346.—Lymantriopsis lacteata, (^. f. costa, excurved bej'ond the cell, then oblique; traces of a sub- terminal line. Hind wing tinged with yellowish towards termen. Bah. W, Africa, Ogove liiver. Type f c? in Coll. Holland. Exj). 16 millira. Genus PAIDIA. Type. Faidia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 159 (1827) murina. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect to well beyond the frons, and roughly scaled ; antennse ot male serrate ; tibice with spurs moderate; wings sparsely clothed with hairlike scales. Fore wing rather broad, the costa arched, the apex rounded ; tlie cell long ; vein 2 from middle otcell; 3 from well before angle ; 6 Irom above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 stalked, 9 absent; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell long; vein 2 from middle ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 997. Paidia murina. Bomhyx murina, Hiibn. Beitr. Schmett. ii. (3), p. 66, pi. 2, K (1792); Esp. Schmett. iii. Suppl. p. 49, pi. 88. f. 1 ; Godt. Lep. Pr. iv. p. 399, pi. 40 f 8 "• Stand. Cat. p. 52; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 361. Bomhyx vestita, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 62 (1800). Bomhyx rica, Frey. Beitr. vii. p. 73, pi. 642. f. 3 (1848). Isudaria cinerascens, Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 162, f. 143 (1855). Nudaria omirioia var. covjttncta, Staud. Deutsch. ent. Zeit., Lop. iv p 249 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 916. Pale grey-brown ; fore and hind tibiae and tarsi fuscous above. Fore wing with the costa blackish towards base ; a point at base of cell; an antemedial oblique line from costa to subcostal nervure, then represented by points on the veins ; a point in middle of cell just above median nervure ; two small discoidal spots ; an oblique postmedial line from costa to vein 6, then represented by a curved series of points on the veins. Hind wing whitish. \. Ab. 1. cinerascens. Dull grey; fore wing with the Turkey; Fig. 347.—Paidia mu
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