. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 186 Orange-yellow : palpi, except at base, and antcnnjc black ; tborax, patagia, and legs except at base deep metallic green, Fore wing with the costal area deep metallic green ; a medial green band expanding inwards below the cell into a large quadrate patch varying in extent; a large quadrate patch on terminal Yi^.\OX-a<:,mistisentella,S. \. area extending from costa (From Moths Incl. vol. ii.) down to vein 2, with a large elliptical yellow spot at apex. Hind wing paler yellow. Hah. Formosa (Uo/jsou), 1 $ ; Bom
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 186 Orange-yellow : palpi, except at base, and antcnnjc black ; tborax, patagia, and legs except at base deep metallic green, Fore wing with the costal area deep metallic green ; a medial green band expanding inwards below the cell into a large quadrate patch varying in extent; a large quadrate patch on terminal Yi^.\OX-a<:,mistisentella,S. \. area extending from costa (From Moths Incl. vol. ii.) down to vein 2, with a large elliptical yellow spot at apex. Hind wing paler yellow. Hah. Formosa (Uo/jsou), 1 $ ; Bombay, 1 (5,1$; Ceylon {Terhnrij), 1 d , 2 $ . Exp. 42 millim. Larva. Hmpsu. 111. Ilet. ix. p. 80, pi. 175. f. 8. Adult: head red-brown ; ground-colour ochreous, streaked and mottled with black dorsally and brown laterally and ventrally ; numerous tufts of grey and brown hairs ; the 1st somite with short dorsal and lateral tufts projecting forwards ; the 2nd somite with a very long pair of dorsal tufts, a shorter pair of lateral tufts, and a short pair of sublateral tufts ; the 3rd somite has the dorsal tufts arising from a crimson wart and rather long, as are the lateral pair, whilst the subventral pair are very short; on the other somites the dorsal tufts are short and arise from orange warts, except on the 7th somite, where the warts are crimson; the lateral tufts are long and the sublateral short; the anal somite has one dorsal tuft arising from a large wart; the legs and claspers brown. Food-plant, Lichens. Subsp. 1. deUa, Fabr. Maiit. Ins. ii. p. 140(1787); Don. Ins. N. HoU. pi. m. f. 2; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 337. Tigrioidcs spkndcns, Lucas, P. Linn. See. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1068 (1890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 341. Fore wing with the quadrate medial patch usually shorter ; the terminal patcii with its lower edge running obliquely to tornus, the green on tl\orax not extending so far forward. Hah. J5oRNi;o, Sarawak (liF«Z?rtec), 1 <S ; New Hebrides (J/a<7i«v), 2 cf ; Solom
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