. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 314 NOCTTJII).?:. 2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing deep pur])lisli r(>d-ijro\vn. Hah. Br. Honduras, Belize; Guatemala, TanLaleou {CharnploR), 1 cf type, (liodriguez) 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Paraguay, Sapucay (Fvster), 2 $ . Erp. 44 millim. E. Lenjs of male normal. a. Tliorax of inalo with tuft of very large curled scales on dorsum ; abilonuMi with lateral and anal fringes of very long hair ; fore wing with fringe of hair from basal fourth of costa, the cell and area below it clothed with long dowuturned scales f
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 314 NOCTTJII).?:. 2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing deep pur])lisli r(>d-ijro\vn. Hah. Br. Honduras, Belize; Guatemala, TanLaleou {CharnploR), 1 cf type, (liodriguez) 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Paraguay, Sapucay (Fvster), 2 $ . Erp. 44 millim. E. Lenjs of male normal. a. Tliorax of inalo with tuft of very large curled scales on dorsum ; abilonuMi with lateral and anal fringes of very long hair ; fore wing with fringe of hair from basal fourth of costa, the cell and area below it clothed with long dowuturned scales from base to beyond middle and to below cell. 1587. Eriopyga macrolepia. ^eesia onctsta, Druce, Biol. , Ilet. i. p. 206, pi. 26. f. 12 (nee Wlk.). S. Bright ferruginous red; head and tegulge rather darker; the large scales on thorax jjinkish; the fringes of hair on abdomen redder. Fore wing with black and whitish point at base ; sub- basal line double, waved, from costa to submediau fold, filled in with. Fig. 71.—Eriopijga macrolepia, (^ yellowish ; autemedial line double, waved, filled in with yellowish, the veins beyond it irrorated with black and whitish, especially towards inner margin ; orbicular small, whitish, indistinct; reniforra ill-defined, with black point on its inner upper side and its lower part filled in with black ; a waved medial line escurved at middle; postmedial line indistinct, defined by yellowish on outer side, dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved to near medial line below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; the area beyond end of cell pinkish ; subterminal line represented by a series of black and white dentate marks angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous except towards inner margin ; the underside with black discoidal point, postmedial lino on costal half, an
Size: 2216px × 1128px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhamp, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmoths
