. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 414 AECTIAD^. Sect. II. Antenna of male ciliated. A. Fore wino; with the gi-ouiirl-colour scarlet mnguinea. B. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow id. 879. Melanaema sanguinea, n. sp. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright scarlet; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots. Fore wing scarlet suffused with fuscous black, the ground-colour appearing as streaks on the veins of basal area; an aatemedial '—Mela7i(smasangumea,(^. {. band bent inwards at costa and constric
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 414 AECTIAD^. Sect. II. Antenna of male ciliated. A. Fore wino; with the gi-ouiirl-colour scarlet mnguinea. B. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow id. 879. Melanaema sanguinea, n. sp. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright scarlet; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots. Fore wing scarlet suffused with fuscous black, the ground-colour appearing as streaks on the veins of basal area; an aatemedial '—Mela7i(smasangumea,(^. {. band bent inwards at costa and constricted in cell; more or less prominent traces of a posLmedial band, and slight streaks on the veins of terminal area. Hind wing bright scarlet, with more or less prominent fuscous suffusion in terminal interspaces; the cilia black from apex to towards tornus. 5 duller scarlet; head, thorax, and fore wing irrorated with fuscous; fore wing with the costa and cilia black ; antemedial, medial, and postmeiial fuscous lines, the two former slightly sinuous, the last retracted to costa ; some obscure subterminal patches. Hub. N. GuWEA, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 5 , Fergusson I. (Meel-), 2 d, type. Exj?., 6 24, $ 28 millim. *880. Melanaema ni. (Plate XXIX. fig. 15.) Lyclene ni. Heyl. C, R. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. 415 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 914. $ . Yellow; sboulders and patagia with black points. Fore wing with subbasal black spot ; the costal edge black towards base, with slight crimson streak below it; a crimson fascia below the cell to the oblique antemedial line, which is fuscous edged with crimson, and giving oflF an oblique line in cell to join the postmedial line above inner margin ; a discoidal point conjoined to the post- medial line, where it is bent outwards below costa, tlien oblique, minutely waved and edged with crimson ; a subtermiual series of fuscous spots on crimson ])atches, the spots on veins 6 and 4 nearer the termen. Hind wing pale yellow. Hah. Java, Biiitenzorg,
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