. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. AMOLITA. 309 4727. Amolita perstriata, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 6.) 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi pale rufous ; fore and mid legs and hind tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with black ; a faint brownish fascia in cell; two minute black points in upper part of middle of cell and two at upper angle; the interspaces of costal area tinged with brown towards apex ; a faint diffused brown fascia from termen below apex to submedian fold where it terminates in a black point;
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. AMOLITA. 309 4727. Amolita perstriata, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 6.) 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi pale rufous ; fore and mid legs and hind tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with black ; a faint brownish fascia in cell; two minute black points in upper part of middle of cell and two at upper angle; the interspaces of costal area tinged with brown towards apex ; a faint diffused brown fascia from termen below apex to submedian fold where it terminates in a black point; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with ochreous, the costa and termen of both wings slightly irrorated with brown ; both wings with terminal series of black points. Hab. Bahamas (Bonhofe), 1 $ type. £".17^. 22 millim. 4728. Amolita fessa. Amolita fessa, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 158 (1874); Smitli, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 193. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous ; antennae more fulvous ; fore and mid legs tinged with brown. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous except on costal area and sparsely irrorated with brown ; the costal edge brownish; a diffused brown fascia from close to base along median nervure and thence oblicjuely to apes ; a slight brown fascia along inner margin to beyond middle where it. Fig. 131.—Amolita fessa, c? is met by an oblique brown baud from termen below apex formed of rather diffused marks in the interspaces ; a black point in middle of cell and another on discocellulars ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown ; a terminal series of brown points. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown. Hab. , Massachusetts, New York {Burg), 1 cJ , 2 $ type, Distr. of Columbia, Texas, ? Florida. Exp. ^ 28, $ 34 millim.
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