. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 284 AlUTIAD^.. 3'ellow ; legs banded with pure white; abdoraeu with white bauds on ventral surface and white genital tufts. Fore wing bright yellow; the base and costal edge black; the terminal third black, with large cupreous red patch occupying all but its edges, its inner edge sinuous ^'^â¢?S^'~ w^fr-^f f' r-'-f 'â «nd angled outward to upper (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) , j-? n tt- i ⢠i ⢠i j. angle oi cell, ilmd wing bright -yellow, with black patch on aj'ical area extending down to vein 2 and continued
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 284 AlUTIAD^.. 3'ellow ; legs banded with pure white; abdoraeu with white bauds on ventral surface and white genital tufts. Fore wing bright yellow; the base and costal edge black; the terminal third black, with large cupreous red patch occupying all but its edges, its inner edge sinuous ^'^â¢?S^'~ w^fr-^f f' r-'-f 'â «nd angled outward to upper (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) , j-? n tt- i ⢠i ⢠i j. angle oi cell, ilmd wing bright -yellow, with black patch on aj'ical area extending down to vein 2 and continued as a narrow line for a short distance towards tornus. Rah. Assam, Sylhet, 1 c? , 1 5 type ; Burma, Rangoon, 1 J , 2 ? , Ava, 1 $ ; Philippines ; Eoenko, Kina Balu; Stjmatea (Forbes, De NiceviUe), 2 5; Java ; Celebes, Minahassa. Exp. 26-32 millim. 595. Scaptesyle ixias, n. sp. (Plate XXVI. fig. 14.) c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulae and patches on patagia bright yellow ; palpi in front, coxse, and bands on femora, tibiae, tarsi, and ventral surface of abdomen white; anal tuft greyish. Fore wing with the base black ; the medial area bright yellow except the costal edge ; the terminal area black, extending on costal area to middle of wing, then runuing out to end of cell and sinuous to inner margin ; a large subterminal orange-red patch from below costa to vein I, above which it is somewhat interrupted and expanding below costa. Hind wing bright yellow, the apical area black, narrowing to a point at vein 1. and with its inner edge sinuous. 5 . Fore wing with the yellow extending to costa, the black not extending so far towards base on costal area ; the subterminal patch larger and more orange. Hah. NiAS, 1 d', 1 $ type; Java. Ecop. 30 millim. 596. Scaptesyle mirabilis, n. sp. (Plate XXVI. fig. 15.) c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; tegulse and patagia -except at extremities bright yellow; palpi white below ; tibiae and tarsi with white patches ; genital lu
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