. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. IIELIANA. 577 a fuscous wedge-shaped mark to termeu, where it expands to below apex, and with some short black streaks from its inner edge, above vein 5 extending almost to cell ; a short black fascia in terminal part of submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, sometimes tinged with ochreous; a more or less prominent terminal series of black points ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule. Ab. 1. Fore win
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. IIELIANA. 577 a fuscous wedge-shaped mark to termeu, where it expands to below apex, and with some short black streaks from its inner edge, above vein 5 extending almost to cell ; a short black fascia in terminal part of submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, sometimes tinged with ochreous; a more or less prominent terminal series of black points ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule. Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black markings replaced by pale brown or grey. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Orawshay), 4 J, 2 $ , type, Kikuyu {Crawshay), 2 c^, Eb Urru (Betton), 7 c?, 1 2, Gwelil {Betton), 1 c^ . Exp. 24-30 millim. Sect. II. Antennas of male ciliated. A. Tibia of male thickly fringed with long hair on both sides. 2011. Meliana rubripennis. Leucania rubripennis, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 179, pi. '1. f. 77 (1870); Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186. <S. Head and thorax red-brown ; tegulae white at base, red- brown at tips ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous ; a purplish-pink fascia from median uervure and vein 3 to submedian fold from base to termen; a wedge-shaped patch above vein 4. Fig. 164.—Meliana I'ubri-peniiis, J. \. extending on termen to below apex, and with slight ochreous streak on it above middle of vein 4 ; costal area tinged with purplish pink towards apex. Hind wing ochreous. Underside tinged witli brown. Nab. , Texas, 1 S type. Ex2). 40 millim. B. Tibia; of male fringed with hair on outer side only. a. (Meliana). Abdomen long and slender; fore wing pro- duced and acute at apex, ff.'. Fore wing with the veins of costal area streaked with white flammea. b\ Fore wing with the veins of costal area not streaked with white longipennix. V. 2p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have be
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