. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 428 NOCTUID^E. lines absent; orbicular oblique elliptical, deep red defined by black and with slight black striga in centre ; reniform a rather V-shaped lunule, defined by black except above and on upper part of inner side where it is defined by red; a large triangular white patch in, below, and beyond cell, extending below end of cell to submedian fold, its outer edge running obliquely to costa towards apex; a broad terminal white band with black-irrorated lunulate band on it before termen, with a red patch on it on inner ar
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 428 NOCTUID^E. lines absent; orbicular oblique elliptical, deep red defined by black and with slight black striga in centre ; reniform a rather V-shaped lunule, defined by black except above and on upper part of inner side where it is defined by red; a large triangular white patch in, below, and beyond cell, extending below end of cell to submedian fold, its outer edge running obliquely to costa towards apex; a broad terminal white band with black-irrorated lunulate band on it before termen, with a red patch on it on inner area and red patch on inner edge of the white band on costal area; a terminal series of black luniiles ; cilia black and whitish with slight yellowish line at base. Hind wing orange-yellow with subterminal series of small round black spots interru])ted at submedian fold. Underside of fore wing yellow, the reniform and small orbicular black, a curved subterminal series of rather triangular black spots except towards tornus, diffused towards apex; hind wing wdth black discoidal point. Ihih. Mashonaland (Dobbie), 1 2 type. Ea^J. 60 millitn. Genus LEUCOVIS. Type. Leucovis, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Plial. vii. p. 8 (1908) alba. Perimagia, Strand, Deutscb. Ent. Zeit. 19U9, p. 636 alba. Proboscis fully deTelopecl; palpi porrect, short, moderately fi-inged with hair below ; f'rons with large truncate conical prominence with i-aised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennas of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair only and witbout crests ; tibiee moderately fringed with hair, the fore tarsi witii tufts of hair on the joints aboye ; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly creniilate; veins 3 and 6 from tiear angle of cell; (5 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tlie areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 6 obso- lescent fr
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