. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PH^OTnKIPA. MEGATHRIPA. 319 black behind except at extremity, the 3rd bhickish ; abdomen grej'' tinged with brown ; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing purplish fuscous, darker towards base, a diffused white patch at middle of inner area; faint traces of. Fig. 113.—Thwoihripa morena, (^. \. a curved antcmedial line; a point of raised dark scales at middle of cell and two points at discocellulars; postmedial line formed of minute white striae with minute brown marks before them at vein 6
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PH^OTnKIPA. MEGATHRIPA. 319 black behind except at extremity, the 3rd bhickish ; abdomen grej'' tinged with brown ; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing purplish fuscous, darker towards base, a diffused white patch at middle of inner area; faint traces of. Fig. 113.—Thwoihripa morena, (^. \. a curved antcmedial line; a point of raised dark scales at middle of cell and two points at discocellulars; postmedial line formed of minute white striae with minute brown marks before them at vein 6 and discal fold, bent outwards below costa and ver}' oblique from discal fold to the patch at middle of inner area; a subtermiiial series of blackish points, oblique towards costa and below vein 4; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing brown. Hah. Perak, Goping (KUnstler), 1 5 ; Borneo, Sarawak, 1 $ tj'pe, Ivucliing (SheJford), 2 c5', Sandakan (Pryer), 1 (S. Exjy. 24-28 millim. Genus MEGATHRIPA, nov. Type, M. rufimedia. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle of frons, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennte of female ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with divided crest; tibife slightly fringed with liair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not ci'enulate ; veins 3 iiud o from near angle of cell; G from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 6G24. Megathripa rufimedia Sarrothripa nifimedia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 429 (1905). 5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black; palpi white in front; pectus white; legs ochreous white w-ith some black and brown irroration, the fore tarsi black rin
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