. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 110.—Amefrontia 'purpurea, (^. |. Bab. SoKOTKA, Hadibu Plain {), 1 r7 type; Bb. E. Africa, Taveta {St. A. Rogers), 1 S. Exp. 26 millim. Genus ETHIOPICA, nov. Type, E. vinosa. Proboscis aborted, not functional; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint i-eaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd joint short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the ap
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 110.—Amefrontia 'purpurea, (^. |. Bab. SoKOTKA, Hadibu Plain {), 1 r7 type; Bb. E. Africa, Taveta {St. A. Rogers), 1 S. Exp. 26 millim. Genus ETHIOPICA, nov. Type, E. vinosa. Proboscis aborted, not functional; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint i-eaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd joint short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to foi'm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle: 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with short branches. A. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with whitish and defined by small white spots. a. Hind wing pure white. a'. Fore wing purplish red vinosa. b^. Fore wing cupreous brown cupricolora, h. Hind wing suffused with brown polya&tra. B. Fore wing with the reniform defined by slight white points and not filled in with whitish hesperonota. 0. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a black and white point onicra. 4100, Ethiopica vinosa. Charidea vinosa, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 292 (1902). ~ ^ J. Head and thorax purplish red, the scales slightly tipped. Fig. 111.—Ethiopica vinosa, S- I- with white ; tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen white, the ventral. 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; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th
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