. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. ILEMA. 137. Fig. 84.—llema inclucta, (^. b^. Fore wing without costal lobe. 266. llema inducta. Lithosia inclucta, Wlk. xxxl. 232 (1864); Hmpsu. 111. Het. viii. p. 4, pi. 143. f. 1 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 87 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. S . Head and thorax fuscous ; frons whitish ; abdomen black, the basal segments greyish. Fore wing with white fascia on costal area to just beyond middle, with a broad black streak on its basal half; the fringe of scales grey; a diffused blackish medial band, and a similar narrowe
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. ILEMA. 137. Fig. 84.—llema inclucta, (^. b^. Fore wing without costal lobe. 266. llema inducta. Lithosia inclucta, Wlk. xxxl. 232 (1864); Hmpsu. 111. Het. viii. p. 4, pi. 143. f. 1 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 87 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. S . Head and thorax fuscous ; frons whitish ; abdomen black, the basal segments greyish. Fore wing with white fascia on costal area to just beyond middle, with a broad black streak on its basal half; the fringe of scales grey; a diffused blackish medial band, and a similar narrower sub- terminal band. Hind wing pale yellow, with slight fuscous subterminal mark on vein 2. 5 . Anal tuft orange. Fore wing with the costal edge black, but no basal broad streak. A black point at lower angle of cell, the medial band absent. Pore wing with veins 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free : 11 anasto- mosing with 12. Hab. E'lLGiEis (Walhouse), 1 $ type, {Hampson) 1 c?, 3 $ . Ex;p. 30-36 millim. b'. Hind wing of male with some rough scaling on basal inner area ; fore wing with large tuft and very short fringe at base of fold in cell. 267. llema signata. Lithosia signata, Wlk. ii. 495 (1854); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 317. Lithosia brevimacula, Alph. Eom. Mem. ix. p. 130, pi. xiii. f. 5 (1897). Thysanoptyx directa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 180. 2 . Head, tegulse, and base of patagia pale yellow ; antennae, tips of patagia, and thorax black; tibite and tarsi blackish ; abdomen grey, yellowish towards extremity. Fore wing- yellowish grey; the costal area whiter to beyond middle; a prominent round postmedial black spot on costa, and a large round patch rather nearer the base extending from the cell to near inner margin. Hind wing yellow. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous, the costal and terminal areas yellow. (5" with the ground-colour of fore wing much more grey. Ab. 1. brevimacula. Fore wing with the lower black patch reduced; the thorax sometimes Plea
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