. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. DASYSTEENtJM. 407 ochreons yellow, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule, and diffused sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Punjab, 1 $; Sikhkh Tibet, Yatong (Hobson), 2S, 1 $ ; SiKHiM (MoUer, Elwes), 2 J, 7 2 .• type; Assam, Khasis. Exj). 36 millim. Genus DASYSTERNUM. „ Type. Dasi/sternum, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 327 (1895) tibetana. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second joint reaching vertex of head and fringed vs^ith long hair in front, the third typically rathe
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. DASYSTEENtJM. 407 ochreons yellow, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule, and diffused sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Punjab, 1 $; Sikhkh Tibet, Yatong (Hobson), 2S, 1 $ ; SiKHiM (MoUer, Elwes), 2 J, 7 2 .• type; Assam, Khasis. Exj). 36 millim. Genus DASYSTERNUM. „ Type. Dasi/sternum, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 327 (1895) tibetana. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second joint reaching vertex of head and fringed vs^ith long hair in front, the third typically rather long ; frons smooth ; antennas of male typically almost simple; head and thorax clothed with long hair and without crests ; tibite fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and some long hair on dorsum. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches, the apex simple. A. Fore wing white irrorated with pale brown lea. B. Fore wing pale yellowish slightly irrorated with brown juditha. C. Fore wing ochreous suffused with pale red-brown baoheri. 2598. Dasysternum lea. Folia lea, Stand. Iris, x. p. 280, pi. 4. f. IS (1897); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 179. S . Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown ; palpi with some dark brown hair ; fore tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen white irrorated with brown. Pore wing white thickly irrorated with pale reddish brown; the costa with series of fuscous marks ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submediau fold; ante- medial line defined by white on inner side, minutely waved, strongly angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform with ill-defined white annuli, the former round, the latter irregular
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