. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 348 NOCTUIDJE. â with series of larg-e dorsal crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the term en crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle; 6 from upper angle ^ 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 Iroin angle of cell, 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. (Valeria). Antenna of male bipectinate with long branches to apex, of female with short branches. 2
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 348 NOCTUIDJE. â with series of larg-e dorsal crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the term en crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle; 6 from upper angle ^ 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 Iroin angle of cell, 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. (Valeria). Antenna of male bipectinate with long branches to apex, of female with short branches. 2520. Valeria oleagina. Bombyx oleagina, Scln'ff. Wien. Verz. p. 59 (177G); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 117 (1786); Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 60. f. 4 ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 33 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 370, pi. 95. f. 6 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 23 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 168. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown, grey, and greenish scales; antennae pale rufous; tarsi black banded with white ; abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with some grey. Pore wing dark reddish brown mixed with some grey, the veins streaked with sap-green and black scales ; subbasal line double, black filled in with green, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous, slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; clavi- form small, pale or whitish, defined bj^ black ; orbicular with white annulus defined by black, round ; reniform large, white defined by i^^o^ ^^. 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, bart. , 1860-1936. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees
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