. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. BRACHIOSIA.—ITETETJGOA. 335 706. Brachiosia castaneola, n, sp. c?, Head and thorax chestnut-brown ; pectus and fore legs in front fuscous ; abdomen fuscous with the anal tuft ochreous. Pore wing chestnut-brown, with diffused purplish-fuscous sub- terminal band not reaching costa or inner margin and wider towards costa. Hind "wing with the costal and distal areas pale chestnut, the basal, inner, and terminal areas fuscous. Underside fuscous; fore wing with the costa towards apex and cilia at apex of hind wi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. BRACHIOSIA.—ITETETJGOA. 335 706. Brachiosia castaneola, n, sp. c?, Head and thorax chestnut-brown ; pectus and fore legs in front fuscous ; abdomen fuscous with the anal tuft ochreous. Pore wing chestnut-brown, with diffused purplish-fuscous sub- terminal band not reaching costa or inner margin and wider towards costa. Hind "wing with the costal and distal areas pale chestnut, the basal, inner, and terminal areas fuscous. Underside fuscous; fore wing with the costa towards apex and cilia at apex of hind wing Fig. —Brachiosia castaneola, (^. Hob. Sangir {Doherty), 1 J type. Exp. 20 millim. Genus METEUGOA, nov. Type, M. ochrivena. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head ; frons with a conical prominence ; antennae of male ciliated; tibiaB with the spurs moderate ; abdomen elongate. Fore wing narrow, somewhat lanceo- late ; vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from long before angle ; 5 from iust above angle ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from long before angle; 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from close to end of cell; the upper angle of cell extremely produced in male and the discocellulars highly angled. A. Fore w^ing without oblique medial line; hind wing with the veins towards end of cell ochreous in male ochrivena. B. Fore wing with oblique medial line ; hind wing with the veins towards end of cell not ochreous in male obliquiata. 707. Meteugoa ochrivena. Evgoa ochrivena, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 439 (1898). ^. Head grey, with fuscous spot on vertex; thorax grey and. 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
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