. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 380 :. tJonus ATHAUMASTA nov. Thaumasfn,Stam\. Cat. Lcp. Eur. p. 79 (1871). non descr. ncc Type Gistl. Crust. 1848 expressa. Proboscis fully developed; pnlpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair !M front, the ;3rd short; Irons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax rlotiied chielly with scales, the pro- and nietathorux with spreading crests ; pectus and tibia' clothed with hair; abdomen with dor. from near angle of cell; 5 from upper angle ; 9 from lU anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 fro


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 380 :. tJonus ATHAUMASTA nov. Thaumasfn,Stam\. Cat. Lcp. Eur. p. 79 (1871). non descr. ncc Type Gistl. Crust. 1848 expressa. Proboscis fully developed; pnlpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair !M front, the ;3rd short; Irons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax rlotiied chielly with scales, the pro- and nietathorux with spreading crests ; pectus and tibia' clothed with hair; abdomen with dor. from near angle of cell; 5 from upper angle ; 9 from lU anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco- cellulars, 6, 7 from upper angle or stalked ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectiuate with moderate branches to apex. A. Fore wing variegated with yellow ej-jyressa. B. Fore wing not variegated with yellow siderigera. 'J. Athaumasta expressa. Eumichiis expreasa. Led. Yerh. Wien, 1855, p. 109, pi. 1. f. 8 ; Schaff. Neue Schmett. f. C3; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 108. Tkanmasta ochmcca, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 410. Thaiimasta nana, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 241 (1890). (S. Head and thorax orange mixed with whitish and black scales ; vertex of head and metathorax with pairs of black spots ; teguhc with black band near upper edge ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous mixed with whitish, the anal tuft and ventral surface whitish. Fore wing greyish white tinged in parts with orange and irrorated with black ; subbasal line double at Fig. 123.—Athaumasta expressa, cJ. then single, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black defined by white on inner side, excurvcd in submedian iiiter- sj)ace and angled inwards on vein 1 and to inner margin ; claviform indistinctly defined by black : orbicular and reniform with orange centres and white annuli delined by black, the former rounded, open above ; a


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