. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Pig. 164.—Ainatliesliiwra, (^. \. incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, greyish definecT on inner side by two prominent black spots below costa, then by a series of black points, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle : a slight waved fuscous terminal line ; cilia with brown line near base and brown tips. Hind wing pale grey- brown with slight waved terminal line ; cilia whitish with a fino brown line through them; the underside whitish grey irrorated with brown, a slight discoi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Pig. 164.—Ainatliesliiwra, (^. \. incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, greyish definecT on inner side by two prominent black spots below costa, then by a series of black points, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle : a slight waved fuscous terminal line ; cilia with brown line near base and brown tips. Hind wing pale grey- brown with slight waved terminal line ; cilia whitish with a fino brown line through them; the underside whitish grey irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct somewhat waved, postmedial line. Ab. 1. meridionalis. Paler ; fore wing bluish grey with rufous^ or fuscous medial shade. Ab. 2. saturata. Fore wing suffused with fuscous from median area to term en. Hah. Beitain, Leech Coll. ; Fkance, Sand Coll.; Geemakt, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; ApstpvIa ; Hukgaky ; Switzerland ; Spain, Castile, Andalusia ; Italy ; Algeria ; S. Russia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus. 30-40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 63; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 344, pi. 228. f. 1. 'Dull yellowish green with darker freckles; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, indistinct, with darker edges; spiracular line whitish yellow edged with black above ; head tinged with brown. Pood- plants : Ruhtis, , Eumecc, &c. 4-6. *2702. Amathes gratiosa. (Plate CVII. fig. 3.) Orthosia fjraiiosa, Staud. Hoi\ Soc. Ent. Eoss. svi. p. 76 (1881); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 206. Head and thorax pale rufous slightly mixed with dark brown ; sides of palpi and frons blackish; antennse black except at base; fore and mid tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen pale brown irrorated with dark brown. Pore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with dark brown, the veins streaked with white ; subbasal line represented by slight double strife from costa and cell filled in with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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