. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 290 ARCTIAD^. Genus UTRICULIFERA. VtrinUofera, Hmpsn. 111. Hot. ix. p. 81 (18'J3) Type. Juscapex. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frontal tuft; antcnnee of male ciliated; tibia? with tiie spurs moderate. Fore wing short and rather broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base; 3 and a from close to angle ; 6 f roiu below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 0; 10, 11 tree, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 sta
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 290 ARCTIAD^. Genus UTRICULIFERA. VtrinUofera, Hmpsn. 111. Hot. ix. p. 81 (18'J3) Type. Juscapex. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frontal tuft; antcnnee of male ciliated; tibia? with tiie spurs moderate. Fore wing short and rather broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base; 3 and a from close to angle ; 6 f roiu below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 0; 10, 11 tree, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 stalked; 8 from towards end of cell. Sect. I. Antenn;e of male with a very large hoUowed-out vesicle at extremity of basal joint ; abdomen with large lateral tufts of hair from 3rd segment; fore wing with a fold at base of inner margin containing tufts of hair. 610. Utriculifera fuscapex. Utrmilqfera fuscapex, Hmpsn. III. Hct. ix. p. 82, pi. 158. ff. 7, 17 (1893); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95. Grey-brown ; abdomen fuscous, the lateral tufts of male and anal tuft paler ; the vesicle on antennje black; the frons ochreous. Fore Avins; with the basal area suffused with brown; the costal edge dark towards base: faint traces of a curved antemedial line ; two points on discocellulars; a triangular Pig. 205. apical blackish patch extending to TJtricidifcra fiiscapex, S • t- middle of termen. Hind wing (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) fuscous. Hab. Belgatjm {Watson), 1 $ ; Ceyloij, Nawalapittya {Green), 2 d, 1 $ type; Lotjisiades, Eossel I. {MeeTc), 1 6 . ;. 16 millim!. Sect. II. Male with the antennae, abdomen, and fore wing normal. 611. Utriculifera macroplaga, n. sp. (S . Head and thorax yellowish white ; frons and abdomen above black. Fore wing yellowish white; subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial black points on costa ; a large fuscous postmedial patch from sub- costal nervure to inner mar- gin, its inner edge straight, its outer rounded ; some black points on costa towards apex and o
Size: 2291px × 1091px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1913
