. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 52.—Schalotomis roseothomx, tf. }. with white; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing reddish brown with white fascia just below costa from base to apex and white streak above inner margin curved upwards to vein 3 towards termen ; cilia whitish towards apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area suffused with brown, the termen narrowly brown. 2 . Fore wing rather darker brown ; hind wing brown, the underside with the inner area whitish except to
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 52.—Schalotomis roseothomx, tf. }. with white; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing reddish brown with white fascia just below costa from base to apex and white streak above inner margin curved upwards to vein 3 towards termen ; cilia whitish towards apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area suffused with brown, the termen narrowly brown. 2 . Fore wing rather darker brown ; hind wing brown, the underside with the inner area whitish except towards termen. Hab. Peru, It. Inambari, La Oroya (Ockenden), type t J in Coll. Rothschild, K. Huacamayo, La Union (Ockenden). Exp. 24-30 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 not bent downwards, 7 from 8 before 9 ; 10, 11 shortly stalked; hind wing with the costa highly arched throughout, the tornus strongly lobed and the tornal area clothed with rough scales on upper side. *1246 on. Schalotomis curta. Hyponerita Lurta, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xxiv. p. 479 (1917). <5 . Head yellow, scarlet behind, the frons red-brown, scarlet at sides, the antenna? red-brown, scarlet above towards base, white. Fig. 53.— Hyponerita curta, J. {. towards tips, the palpi scarlet, yellow in front; thorax bright red- brown ; abdomen scarlet with a fan of silvery white scales at base of dorsum and tufts of rufous hair on each side of it; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, some scarlet below the shoulders, the fore legs yellow with the femora and tibia?. 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 bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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