. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 20 Noc :. rufous and iirornttd witli black, a black discoidal lunulc and njinuk'ly wa\cd ])ostniedial lino. Hah. JSiKHiM (Atkinson, Mailer, Durh/eon, Pilcher), 6 d type; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 J. Kxy. 42-46 millira. Genus GORTYNA. Type. Gortifna, Treit. Sclimett. Eur. v. (2) p. (1825) leuc'odigma. , Led. Noct. Eur. p. 118 (1857) leucostigma. Proboscis fullj' developed ; palpi iijjturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to middle of f'rons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, nmnded ;
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 20 Noc :. rufous and iirornttd witli black, a black discoidal lunulc and njinuk'ly wa\cd ])ostniedial lino. Hah. JSiKHiM (Atkinson, Mailer, Durh/eon, Pilcher), 6 d type; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 J. Kxy. 42-46 millira. Genus GORTYNA. Type. Gortifna, Treit. Sclimett. Eur. v. (2) p. (1825) leuc'odigma. , Led. Noct. Eur. p. 118 (1857) leucostigma. Proboscis fullj' developed ; palpi iijjturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to middle of f'rons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, nmnded ; antenna; of male, typically ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metatliorax with spreading crests; tibijE moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen witii doi-sal series of crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the ternien crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (5 from upper angle : 9 from 1() anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3. 4 fruin angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocelUilars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennse of male bipectinate with moderate branches ending in a bristle, the apex ciliated. A. Fore wing with the postmedialline black deCned by grey on outer side Jajwiiica. B. Fore wing with tiie postmedial line very indistinct except at ciista dolia. 4313. Gortyna japonica. Euplcxia japovica. Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 504, pi. 51. f. 4 (Nov. 1889). Badena succivcta, Grses. Eerl. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 255 (March 1»90); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with greyish, the tarsi ringed with white, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing greyish sufiused Avith dark brown, the i)ostmedial area, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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