. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 122 AECTIAD^. Genus MITHUNA. Typp Mithima, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 qnddriflaya. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching Tertex of head, and fringed with hair in front ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather short and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 4 on a long stalk; 5 absent; 6, 7 on a long
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 122 AECTIAD^. Genus MITHUNA. Typp Mithima, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 qnddriflaya. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching Tertex of head, and fringed with hair in front ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather short and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 4 on a long stalk; 5 absent; 6, 7 on a long stalk; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10; 10 from before 7; antennaj of male bipectinate. 235. Mithuna fuscivena. Mithitna fuscivena, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 495 (1896). Fuscous brown. Fore wing with tlie veins streaked with fuscous. Hind wing dull ochreous, the costal area tinged with Fig. 64.—Mithuna fuscivena, (^. f. Hah. Ceylon {Pole), 3 c?, 4 5, type; Borneo, Pulo Laut (DoJiertij), 1 c? , 1 2 . Kvjj. 16 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 6 froai long below angle of cell; antennse of male with bristles and cilia. A. Fore wing with vein 7 from before 10. 236. Mithuna quadriplaga. Mithuna qriadriphiga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 86; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. (5 . Head and tegulse orange-yellow ; palpi and thorax fuscous brown; antennse brown; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tufts yellow. Fore wing brown, with some fuscous at base of costa; a fuscous medial spot on costa with traces of a line arising from it strongly excurved from below costa to cell; an indistinct irregular subterminal line most i^ro- minent towards costa. Hind wing pale brown, 2 , Head and teguloc brown. Hah. SiKHiM, 3 6 (DwJf/eon, Pilcher), 1 $ , Moore Coll,, type , 2 cJ (Dudfjeon). Kvj)., 6 22, $ 26 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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