. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 188 NOCTtJID^. line double filled in with oelireous, slightlj excurved below cosfa, angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin angled outwards almost to postmedial line ; claviform narrow and elongate, faintly defined by black ; orbicular with brown and fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by black, inwardlj' oblique elliptical; reniform with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line black, the outer rufous, inwardly oblique at costa,
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 188 NOCTtJID^. line double filled in with oelireous, slightlj excurved below cosfa, angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin angled outwards almost to postmedial line ; claviform narrow and elongate, faintly defined by black ; orbicular with brown and fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by black, inwardlj' oblique elliptical; reniform with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line black, the outer rufous, inwardly oblique at costa, below costa very strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete, then excurved to vein 6, then slightly bent inwards and sinuous, below vein 4 very oblique to submedian fold, with a band of rufous suffusion before it from vein 6 to inner margin with diffused fuscous line on its inner side below vein 3 ; some slight pale points on costa towards apex ; the interspaces of terminal area with short black streaks, above vein 6 extending almost to postmedial line ; cilia brown intersected with Avhite at the veins. Hind wing pure white ; the. underside with the costa slightly tinged with rufous. 5 . Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base, the cilia white. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 5 J, 1 ? type, Nairobi (Crawshai/), 1 $, Kilima-njaro (Haniiington), 1 $. 28-38 millim. Sect. II. Antennae of male minutely serrate, of female ciliated. A. Fore wing with broad pale subcostal fascia selecta. B. Fore wing with the costal halt whitish hemiieuca. 3793. Matopo selecta. Xylophasia selecta, Wlk. xxxii. 646 (1865). Calo'phasia lobifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 358 ; Hrapsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 572. (S. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown ; palpi, frons, and antennae brown : tegulse with brown medial line ; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, the inner medial area greyish, t
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