. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NARANGA. 631 spurs loug; abdomen without, crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing yellow and blood-red. a. Fore wing of male with the terminal area suffused with blood-red diffu
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NARANGA. 631 spurs loug; abdomen without, crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing yellow and blood-red. a. Fore wing of male with the terminal area suffused with blood-red diffusa. b. Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused vvith blood- red eenescens, B. Fore wing ochreous suffused with dull rufous brttnnea. 5956. Naranga diffusa. Xanfhodes diffusa, Wlk. xxxiii. 779 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p, 49, pi. 150. f. 17; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 333. Xaiithoptera dimorpha, Snell. Veth's Midden-Sumatra, Lep. p. 45 (1880). Naranga qioadrivittafa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 134 (1882). Naranga fei'ruginea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 134 (1882). (S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing with the basal area ochreous yellow ; the costal edge blood-red towards base ; a broad diffused blood-red subbasal band from below costa to above inner margin, its outer edge oblique and sinuous; an oblique blood-red medial band expanding slightly at costa and inner margin and with waved edges, followed by an oblique yellow. Fig. 167.—Naranga diffusa, J. \. band with waved outer edge; the terminal area suffused with blood-red ; cilia yellow. Hind wing dark brown ; the cilia yellow tinged with red-brown at base. IJnderside of both wings dark brown with some yellow at base, the costa and apex of fore wings and the cilia of both wings yellow. 5 . Fore wing yellow faintly tinged with red; a narrow very oblique red band from costa beyond middle to middle of inner margin with slightly waved edges and expanding into a brown lunule in submedian interspace ; an oblique
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