. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. iS6 NOCTUIDJ^. defined by olive-yellow on outer side ; a rufous terminal line diffused inwardly at middle; cilia rufous at base whitish at tips, with a dark lino through them. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous tinge ; the basal area greyish ; a diffused crimson patch below end of cell; an indistinct dark discoidal spot; cilia white, tinged with. Fig. 231.—Sienunaphora viola, J'. |. crimson at base. Underside of fore wing white suffused with crimson except on inner area, a blackish discoidal hmule and large patch on termina
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. iS6 NOCTUIDJ^. defined by olive-yellow on outer side ; a rufous terminal line diffused inwardly at middle; cilia rufous at base whitish at tips, with a dark lino through them. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous tinge ; the basal area greyish ; a diffused crimson patch below end of cell; an indistinct dark discoidal spot; cilia white, tinged with. Fig. 231.—Sienunaphora viola, J'. |. crimson at base. Underside of fore wing white suffused with crimson except on inner area, a blackish discoidal hmule and large patch on terminal area from vein 6 to tornus, w-ith whitish spot above tornus ; hind wing crimson with some blackish irroration at base, small discoidal luniile and diffused patch on terminal area from vein 4 to tornus. Bab. W. TtiKKEsriN, Turcomania, 1 J, 1 $, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul. Exj). 22 millim. Genus MICRIANTHA, nov. Type, M. decorata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons with large rounded prominence with raised edges, corneous process in centre, and corneous plate below it; eyes small, reniform ; antennae of male almost simple; tborax clothed with rough hair and without crests; tibice iringed with long hair, the fore tarsi with the joints short and the ungues large; abdomen clothed with rough hair and without crests. Fore wing with tlie costa slightly excised beyond middle, the apex jiroduced and acute, the termeu obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; (5, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 4975. Micriantha decorata. Helioihis decm-ata, FriY. Magyar Ternie. Evkon, i. p. 186, pi. 3. f. 2 (1845); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 221. Anthoecia violacea,
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