. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. NEPHELODES.—POLIODES. 359 Graphiphora subdolens. Wlk. x. 405 (1856). Monosca subnotata, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 29 (1869). Head and thorax bright rjifous with a purplish tinge; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wino; pale rufous suffused with rosy purplish, the area betweeu the medial aud postmedial lines deep rufous escept costal and inner areas; subbasal line represented by a pale striga on costa ; ante- medial line oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace; medial li
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. NEPHELODES.—POLIODES. 359 Graphiphora subdolens. Wlk. x. 405 (1856). Monosca subnotata, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 29 (1869). Head and thorax bright rjifous with a purplish tinge; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wino; pale rufous suffused with rosy purplish, the area betweeu the medial aud postmedial lines deep rufous escept costal and inner areas; subbasal line represented by a pale striga on costa ; ante- medial line oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace; medial line rather diffused, oblique, excurved in cell; orbicular and reniform of the ground-colour, well developed, the former rounded, very indistinctly defined ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale. Fig. 94.—Kephelodes emmedonia, (^ i. points beyond it on costa; subterminal line more or less strongly defined by fuscous on inner side, minutely dentate, angled outward* at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of minute points sometimes present. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown, rather more strongly towards termen; the cilia pinkish ; the underside yellowish more or less strongly tinged with pink, a dark discoidal luuule and curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. violans. Head, thorax, and fore wing more purple aud without the red tones. Hah. Canada {Nonnan), 1 c?, 1 5, Nova Scotia {Redman), 2 S, 1 5 ; "W. Canada, Orilla {Bush), 3 J type, expansa; , E. States, 5 c?, 3 5 , type violans, New York, 1 $, Illinois, 1 5» Virginia; hab. ign. 1 J type subdolens, 1 $ type subnotata. Kc2). 40-58 millim. Larva. Head dark brown, unmarked. Body uniformly cylin- drical, grey-brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines broad, straight, pale yellow; sides paler, with a faint diffuse pale lateral line. Sub- stigmatal baud broad, even, pale yellow, the subventral region and venter pale. Feet black at base. Feeds on grass
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