. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 349 Sect. I. Antennse of male bipectiriiate. A. (Afrida). Hind wing with tbe tornus somewhat lobed and clotlied with thick dark scales. 735. Afrida tortriciformis. Afrida tortriciformis, Moschl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 30 (); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 378. S . Grey-white ; antennae, ])ectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen blackish. Fore wing with dentate black antemedial line not reaching inner margin and with black point on its inner side below ccsta ; a fuscous band just beyond middle defined by waved black lines and tr
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 349 Sect. I. Antennse of male bipectiriiate. A. (Afrida). Hind wing with tbe tornus somewhat lobed and clotlied with thick dark scales. 735. Afrida tortriciformis. Afrida tortriciformis, Moschl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 30 (); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 378. S . Grey-white ; antennae, ])ectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen blackish. Fore wing with dentate black antemedial line not reaching inner margin and with black point on its inner side below ccsta ; a fuscous band just beyond middle defined by waved black lines and tra- versed by an indistinct waved line, usually strongly contracted below costa; a black discoidal spot; some fuscous suffusion on terminal area and a terminal series of black points. Hind wing suffused with fuscous, the inner area clothed with thick black scales ;. Fig. 256.—Afrida tortriciformis, J. the cilia black. Hah. Jamaica, Kingston {Cockerell), 1 S Type t in Coll. Staudinger. Ex2-). 12 millim. B. (Keoselca). Hind wing normal. a. Fore wing with blackish medial band minuta. b. Fore wing with triangular patch on costa mdicerta. 736. Afrida minuta. lioJa minuta, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 140, pi. 13. f. 17 (1885); Kirby, Cat Het. p. 374. cJ . Head, tegula?, and patagia white; palpi, antennse, and thorax blackish ; legs black and white ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused u ith fuscous. Eore wing silvery wliite; the base of costa and some basal points black; a dentate subbasal line not reaching inner margin ; a medial fuscous band, defined by dentate black lines, constricted in cell and traversed by an indistinct waved line; a dark point at lower angle of ce]l; some diffused fuscous on terminal area, a black point on costa, an oldicjue streak from apex, and traces of a subtermiual waved line. Hind wing white, tinged with fuscous towards termen ; an in- distinct discoidal point. Uah. Costa Kica, Irazu (Rogers), 1 S type, Godmau-Salvin Coll. Exj). 18 Pleas
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