. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 78.— Characoiiia scxiliiiea, (^. \. black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal fold and ending below vein 3 ; an oblique black shade from cilia below apex, its inner extremity bent downwards ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish with line black lines near base and tips. Hind wing grey-white suffused with fuscous ; the underside fuscous, the cell and inner area whiti-h. Hab. CojfGO Fkee State, Makala Distr. (Powell-Cotton), type t (S in Coll. Ecthune-Baker. ). 22 niillim. b. Hi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 78.— Characoiiia scxiliiiea, (^. \. black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal fold and ending below vein 3 ; an oblique black shade from cilia below apex, its inner extremity bent downwards ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish with line black lines near base and tips. Hind wing grey-white suffused with fuscous ; the underside fuscous, the cell and inner area whiti-h. Hab. CojfGO Fkee State, Makala Distr. (Powell-Cotton), type t (S in Coll. Ecthune-Baker. ). 22 niillim. b. Hind wing of male wilh tiie terinen trmicjte towards tornus wliich is I'ibed and witli tiit'ts of long hair, the inner margin short; vein 4 from 3 just before lermen in male onlj. 6492. Cliaracoma metalophota. Blenlna metcdopliota, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 526 (1896). Head and thorax white mixed with rufous and some black scales, the tegulae with slight dark line near tips ; antennge fuscous except towards base ; fore tibiae with some black points, the tarsi black ringed with white, the mid tarsi black at tips; abdomen fuscous brown, paler at base, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white tinged in parts with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold, a black streak. Fig. 79.— Characoma metalophota, J. \. before it in cell; antemedial line black, oblique, waved, with oblique black streaks above and below vein 2 from it to postmedial line ; reniform indicated by some slight black marks ; postmedial line black, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to vein 6 where. 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, George Francis, Sir, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Tru
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