. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 497 3357. Chutapha periculosa. Phlogophora periculosa, Gaeu. Noct. ii. p. 65 (1852); Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 171. Trigono'phora v-bnonneum, Grote, Check List, Noct. p. 23 (1875). Head and thorax pale pinkish tinged with rnfous ; palpi bright rufous at sides ; tegulse with fine red-brown lines at middle and tips; raetathorax with the crests fiery red; coxse and femora fringed with fiery red hair; tibiae and tarsi reddish brown; abdomen rufous, whitish at base, the crests broAvnish tipped with grey
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 497 3357. Chutapha periculosa. Phlogophora periculosa, Gaeu. Noct. ii. p. 65 (1852); Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 171. Trigono'phora v-bnonneum, Grote, Check List, Noct. p. 23 (1875). Head and thorax pale pinkish tinged with rnfous ; palpi bright rufous at sides ; tegulse with fine red-brown lines at middle and tips; raetathorax with the crests fiery red; coxse and femora fringed with fiery red hair; tibiae and tarsi reddish brown; abdomen rufous, whitish at base, the crests broAvnish tipped with grey, the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the antemedial area with triangular patch of red-brown suffusion before the antemedial line, the medial area red-brown except towards costa, the terminal area suffused with red-brown except at apex ; subbasal line indistinct, double, slightly waved, from costa to vein 1, a black point beyond it in cell; antemedial line double, minutely waved, somewhat oblique; orbicular pale tinged with rufous, its centre defined by brown above, oblique bar-shaped, confluent below with the reniform. Fig. 100.— Chutapha periculosa, J. \. which is oblique bar-shaped, defined by brown at sides, its inner part pale, its outer bright rufous; postmedial line double, brown, the inner line fine, obliquely incurved from costa to vein 5, then bent inwards to lower extremity of reniform and oblique sinuous to above inner margin where it curves inwards and joins the ante- medial line, the outer line indistinct, minutely waved, oblique below vein 5; a red-brown patch on costa before the subterminal line, which is red-brown, double, minutely waved, oblique, from vein 7 to inner margin; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; a fine red-brown terminal waved line and lunule below apex; cilia red-brown, blackish at tips. Hind wing ochreous suffused with purplish pink except on costal area; a slightly sinuous dark postmedial
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