. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 33S :. 814G. Epicausis smithi. Laphnwura smitliii, Miib. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. clxxiv (March 1880); Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. l.')2, pi. v. fl". I'd, 53a; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 203. Epicausis lanigera, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (o) v. p. 342 CApv. 1880). Head and thorax crimson mixed with some yellow; antennse, palpi, lower jiart of irons except at middle, pectus and legs l)lack ; abdomen black, the terminal segments and large anal tuft crimson, the ventral surface with black patch on anal segment, the claspers f
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 33S :. 814G. Epicausis smithi. Laphnwura smitliii, Miib. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. clxxiv (March 1880); Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. l.')2, pi. v. fl". I'd, 53a; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 203. Epicausis lanigera, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (o) v. p. 342 CApv. 1880). Head and thorax crimson mixed with some yellow; antennse, palpi, lower jiart of irons except at middle, pectus and legs l)lack ; abdomen black, the terminal segments and large anal tuft crimson, the ventral surface with black patch on anal segment, the claspers fringed with s(jme yellow hair. Fore wing fulvous orange ; sub- basal line double, black, strong, from costa to submedian fold; two antemedial black bars from costa and two lines from submedian fold to iimer margin ; two postmedial black bars from costa, and two lines from submedian fold to inner margin ; a terminal greyish fuscous band indented by wedge-shaped orange marks on the veins. Fig. 87.—Kpi<-oiisi< s/jiiffii, (^. {. defined 1)V black scales and extending almost to termen. Hind wing with the basal area and inner margin fuscous black with some yellow hair at base and along inner margin ; an orange postmedial band, broad at costa, narrowing somewhat to above inner margin near tornus, where it terminates ; a terminal black band naiTOwing to tornus ; cilia tinged with grey. I'^nderside of fore wing orange, the l)asal area black, the terminal area fuscous black, broad at costa and narrowing towards tornus, an orange Avedge-shaped mark near its inner edge from costa to vein 5. Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (Coicftn), 1 c?, 1 $, Fianarantsoa (Cotrrni), I c? , 1 $ type In/n'r/ero. 60-70 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). Dept. of Zoology; Hamp
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