. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MOCIS. 99 at base. Fore wmg brownish grey slightly irrorated with black ; a black cliscoidal point; postmedial line slight, black, outwardly oblique irona below costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, slightly escmwed irom vein 5 to below 3, then incurved to below middle of cell, then stronger and angled outwards at vein 1, then bent up- M^ards to submedian fold before middle where it terminates in a muiute angle ; an oblique rather diffused black streak from apex to vem 4 just beyond postmedial line, with two small obscure b
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MOCIS. 99 at base. Fore wmg brownish grey slightly irrorated with black ; a black cliscoidal point; postmedial line slight, black, outwardly oblique irona below costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, slightly escmwed irom vein 5 to below 3, then incurved to below middle of cell, then stronger and angled outwards at vein 1, then bent up- M^ards to submedian fold before middle where it terminates in a muiute angle ; an oblique rather diffused black streak from apex to vem 4 just beyond postmedial line, with two small obscure black spots on it below apex; a subterminal series of slight black marks from below apex to submedian fold where the mark is further from. Fig. 27.—Mods2^ersinuosa, (^. \. termen; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing greyish tinged with brown ; traces of an oblique fuscous postmedial line; a large fuscous apical patch and faint subterminal shade; a terminal series of black points except towards tornus. Underside of both wings with small discoidal blackish spot, obliquely curved diffused post- medial line except on inner area ; fore wing with subterminal shade expanding into a patch below middle; hind wing with faint sub- terminal shade. $ . Fore wing with the markings obsolescent. Hah. Congo, Katanga, Kambove (^Neave),2 S type; Rhodesia, Kapopo {Neave). Exp. 48 millim. *7867. Mocis inornata. (Plate CCXXIII. fig. 26.) Trigonodes inornata, HoU. Psyche, yii. p. 86, pi. ii. f. 19 (1894). S. Grrey tinged with reddish brown and with dark red-brown patches on vertex of head and at middle of tegulse ; palpi red-l)rown, the 3rd joint greyish above; fore and mid legs red-brown in front; pectus, hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark h2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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