. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 176 NOCTTJID.'E. *4529. ElyJna inconspicua. (riato CXLI. fig. 23.) Cosmia inconspicua, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 210 (1906). 5 . Head white; palpi tinged with brown except at base in front; Irons brown ; antennte tinged with brown ; thorax pale reddish ochreons sparsely irrorated with large black scales ; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with wliite ; abdomen reddish ochreous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black scales, the costal area white to beyond middle;
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 176 NOCTTJID.'E. *4529. ElyJna inconspicua. (riato CXLI. fig. 23.) Cosmia inconspicua, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 210 (1906). 5 . Head white; palpi tinged with brown except at base in front; Irons brown ; antennte tinged with brown ; thorax pale reddish ochreons sparsely irrorated with large black scales ; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with wliite ; abdomen reddish ochreous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black scales, the costal area white to beyond middle; antemedial line diffused, fuscous, bent inwards to costa ; a small brownish discoidal spot; postmedial line diffused, fuscous, oblique from costa to vein 6 just beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique ; a very indistinct dentate brown subterminal line, bent inwards to costa; a series of slight blackish points just before termen; cilia fuscous with a reddish ochreous line at base. Hind wing ochreous yellow, the termen slightlj- tinged with rufous ; cilia yellowish at base, with brownish line at middle and white tips ; the underside yellowish white, the apical area slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, an oblique brown postmedial line from costa to vein 6. Hab. Br. New Gftnea, Ekeikei(Pr«^^), type1 $ in Coll. Bethime- Baker. jSot^j. 34 millim. 4530. Elydna transversa. Elydna transversa, Wlk. xv. 1713 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 321. c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line slight, dark,. Fig. 60.—Elydna transversa, (^. }. oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line dark brown, very oblique, straight; a dark line on discocellulars ; postmedial line dark brown, oblique from costa to vein 6, then slightly incurved ; subterminal line dark brown, oblique from costa to vein 6 and ending at tornus; a fine brown termi
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