. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. SAPIA. 1! iiTorated with blackish, the postmedial area tinged with crimson ; traces of a double waved medial line and of a slight waved post- medial line ; subterminal line black, waved, faintly defined on outer side by whitish, a patch of fuscous suffusion beyond it at middle extending to termen ; a series of black striaj before termen, a slight waved blackish line just before termen, a fine pale line at bise of cilia ; the underside whitish striated with black, two waved blackish antemedial lines, the outer with the slight
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. SAPIA. 1! iiTorated with blackish, the postmedial area tinged with crimson ; traces of a double waved medial line and of a slight waved post- medial line ; subterminal line black, waved, faintly defined on outer side by whitish, a patch of fuscous suffusion beyond it at middle extending to termen ; a series of black striaj before termen, a slight waved blackish line just before termen, a fine pale line at bise of cilia ; the underside whitish striated with black, two waved blackish antemedial lines, the outer with the slight white discoidal lunule on it, a waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal Fig. 53.—Safia celia, J. 5 . Fore wing with some blotches of fuscous brown on medial area and a large patch at middle of terminal area ; hind wing sometimes with hardly any crimson tinge on medial area. ELah. Panama, Chiriqui {Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera {Dolby-Tyler), 1 $ ; Venezuela, 1 S ', Br. Guiana {Kaye), 1 $; Brazil, Amazons, Eio Trombetus {Trail), 1 $ . Exp. 48-50 millim. 7974. Safia bruma. (Plate CCXXVII. fig. 11.) Safia hruma, Selmus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 47 (1901). S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown slightly mixed with ochreous ; tarsi black ringed with whitish. Fore wing dark red-brown slightly mixed with • ochreous, the basal area blackish brown; bounded by the slight hardly waved dark antemedial line faintly defined on outer side by ochreous; a faint pale waved medial line ; reniform faintly defined by blackish and ochreous. 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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