. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 30 ;. 779x1. Chalciope cephise. Koctua ccphhe, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 59, pi. 227. f. C (1779); Moths Ind. ii. p. 528. Trigoiwdes maxima, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 282 (1852), (S. Head, tliDrax, and abdomen sjreyish ochreous tinged with brown ; ])alpi and irons dark reddish })r()wn ; antenn* with the shaft whitisli above ; pectus and fore and mid femora dark brown, the fore tibia; and tarsi wliite. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged Avith brown and sHghtly iiTorated with black ; a triangular black- brown patch de
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 30 ;. 779x1. Chalciope cephise. Koctua ccphhe, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 59, pi. 227. f. C (1779); Moths Ind. ii. p. 528. Trigoiwdes maxima, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 282 (1852), (S. Head, tliDrax, and abdomen sjreyish ochreous tinged with brown ; ])alpi and irons dark reddish })r()wn ; antenn* with the shaft whitisli above ; pectus and fore and mid femora dark brown, the fore tibia; and tarsi wliite. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged Avith brown and sHghtly iiTorated with black ; a triangular black- brown patch defined by white lines in submedian interspace from near base to Avell beyond middle, its apex at origin of vein 2, separated by an oblique white band from a triangular black-brown. Fig. 6.— Chalciapc cephise, (^. y>ostmedial patch defined by white lines, its angles at middle of discocellulars, on vein 7 towards apex, and on vein 1 near tornus ; a dark shade from apical pai-t of costa and a series of black points on outer edge of the white line defining the outer edge of the post- medial patch ; the termen and cilia dark brown except towards tornus. Hind wing ochreous suffused with brown; a dark medial shade from costa to submedian fold, diffused in the cell to near base, separated by a pale ochreous band from a fuscous black sub- terminal shade, extending to termen on apical area, then narrower and ending at submedian fold where it is jjroduced to a point near termen. Underside of fore wing suffused with red-brown except on inner area, the cell and area below and beyond it suffused with black ])art]y intcrrujitcd liy an obliquely curved reddish band from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Pri
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