. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. SESAMIA. 331 I J: Traxsvaal, White R. (CooJce), 1 d, Kranspi^z {Janse\ 1 J, Gerasbokfonteiu (Janse), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourb (Hutchinson), 1 J . Exp. 26-3-1: millim. * 4765. Sesamia tosta. Sesamia tosta, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 50, pi. iv. f. 8 (1872). 2 , Head, thorax, ar,d abdomen ochreous tinged with pink. Fore '\\iiig ochreous suffused with pink except on costal area. Hind wing white, the termen slightly tinged with yellow. hah. Lk. Guinea, Exj^). 24 millim. This species is unknown to me. 4766. Sesamia cretica. Lcuccmia h
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. SESAMIA. 331 I J: Traxsvaal, White R. (CooJce), 1 d, Kranspi^z {Janse\ 1 J, Gerasbokfonteiu (Janse), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourb (Hutchinson), 1 J . Exp. 26-3-1: millim. * 4765. Sesamia tosta. Sesamia tosta, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 50, pi. iv. f. 8 (1872). 2 , Head, thorax, ar,d abdomen ochreous tinged with pink. Fore '\\iiig ochreous suffused with pink except on costal area. Hind wing white, the termen slightly tinged with yellow. hah. Lk. Guinea, Exj^). 24 millim. This species is unknown to me. 4766. Sesamia cretica. Lcuccmia hcsj^erica, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. \i2, pi. 501, f. '1 (1^52), Rmbr. Sesamia cretica, Led. l!loci. Eur. p. 225 (1857); Stand. Cat. Lep. pnl p. 190. ^ ' Xonagria cyrnaa, Mab. Ann. See. Ent. Fr. 18C6, p. 550, pi. 8. f. 7, & 18()7, p. 640, pi. 14. f. ]. Sesamia Jratema, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 103 (1882); HmpMi. Moths Ind. ii. p. 284. Sesamia striata, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 27. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous : palpi, sides of frons, and fore femora above brownish ; abdomen orlircous white. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous especially on terminal half, the veins with slight pale streaks ; faint fuscous streaks above and below e.\tiemity of mulian nervure and beyond the Fig. 147.— Sesa)nia cretica, cj". \. above and below vein 4 ; sometimes with slight antemedial dark point in submedian fold and postmedial seiies of points on the veins with points before them in discal and submediau folds ; a tine brown terminal line; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous with fine pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing pure white. Ab. 1. striata. Fore wing with dark streak below base of cell and streaks on the veins of terminal area.— Asia Minor, Syria, W. Turkestan. Hub. Corsica, Leech Coll.; Cextk. Ilalt; Dalmatia, Frey & Leech Colls. ; Crete ; Egypt, Dabod ( Wood-Jones), 1 $ ; Sudan, Khatoum {Zuphiro), 1 $ , Blue Nile {!S. S. Flower), 1
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