. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 322.— Ovipennis dudgeoni, 5- white, expanding into a patch at apex ; cilia brownish yellow, black towards apex. Pore wing with the basal area yellowish ; a diffused postmedial fuscous patch ; the inner and terminal areas yellow; the apex white; cilia yellow, fuscous towards apex. Hah. SiKHiM {Dudgeon), 1 § typef in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 26 millim. Genus MACH-SIROPHORA. Type. Machairophora, Hmpsn. HI. Het. ix. p. 86 (1893) , fulvipuncta. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ;
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 322.— Ovipennis dudgeoni, 5- white, expanding into a patch at apex ; cilia brownish yellow, black towards apex. Pore wing with the basal area yellowish ; a diffused postmedial fuscous patch ; the inner and terminal areas yellow; the apex white; cilia yellow, fuscous towards apex. Hah. SiKHiM {Dudgeon), 1 § typef in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 26 millim. Genus MACH-SIROPHORA. Type. Machairophora, Hmpsn. HI. Het. ix. p. 86 (1893) , fulvipuncta. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; antenna bipectinate, with short stiff branches ; hind tibia3 with the medial spurs absent; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing lung and rather narrow; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 from before angle; b from above angle; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 stalked, 11 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from bt yond middle of cell. 874. Machseropliora fulvipuncta. Machairophora fulvipuncta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 86, pi. 159. f. 10 (.1893); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 121. S. Black-brown ; head, tegulae, and patagia with some fulvous hair ; tarsi, hind tibiae, and ventral surface of abdomen orange-yellow ; wings clothed with hair- like scales. Fore wing with more or less prominent orange-yellow patch on middle of inner area, and sometimes slight spots at base and subterminal spots above veins 1, 2, 5, and 7. 5 apterous (fide E. E. Green). Hah. Ceylon, Maskelyia (Green), 3 c?, type. Exp. 20 Fig. 323.—Machcsrophora fidvipiincta, (^. \. (Prom Moths Ind. vol. ii.). 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, Geo
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