. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. NIGETIA. ECESELIA. 51 104. Nigetia formosalis. Niqetia formosalls, Wlk. xxxiv. 1506 (1865). Nola melanopa, Zell. Verb, Ges. Wien, xxii. p. 458, pi. 2. f. 2 (1872); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 379. Head black, the vertex white ; thorax and first two segments of abdomen white, the rest of abdomen brownish ir- rorated with black and with black dorsal tufts on two medial segments ; pectus and ventral sur- face of abdomen blackish. Fore wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a broad irregular black costal fasc
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. NIGETIA. ECESELIA. 51 104. Nigetia formosalis. Niqetia formosalls, Wlk. xxxiv. 1506 (1865). Nola melanopa, Zell. Verb, Ges. Wien, xxii. p. 458, pi. 2. f. 2 (1872); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 379. Head black, the vertex white ; thorax and first two segments of abdomen white, the rest of abdomen brownish ir- rorated with black and with black dorsal tufts on two medial segments ; pectus and ventral sur- face of abdomen blackish. Fore wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a broad irregular black costal fascia with oblique white striaB towards apex ; a broad oblique black medial band with waved edges ; a leaden grey band just inside termen, with some brownish suffusion on its inner edge ; a series of small black ter- minal spots increasing in size towards apex. Hind wing fuscous, with pale sinuous line towards tornus. Hah. , type, type melanopa Zell. Coll.; Buffalo, N. Carolina, Texas, Grote Coll. Exp. 18-24 Fig. 16.—Nigetia formosalis, (^. Genus EffiSELIA. „ Type. Boeselia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 397 (1827) togatulalis. Sarbena, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. yi. p. 137 (1862) ... lignifera. Uraba, Wlk. xxviii. 448 (1863) bigens. Evonvna, Wlk. xxxii. 505 (1865) aperfa. Ccesa, Wlk. XXXV. 1728(1866) hgens. Toxoloma, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 9 (1874), non descr lugens. MimerasMa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vii. p. 236 (1881) mmidschariana. Callinola, Butl. 111. Het. vii. p. 33 (1889) scripta. Proneca, Swinh. Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1890, p. 193 fola. Cyphotopsyche, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 297 ustipennis. Meganola, Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 42 (1898) mimiscula. ProboscivS fully developed or weak ; palpi porrect, downcurved, sometimes obliquely upturned, extending about the length of head and roughly scaled; maxillary palpi minute; frons with slight tuft of scales ; antenna with tuft of scales on basal joint; tibias with the spurs long. Fore wing triangular ; vein 3 from befor
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