. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 432 AECTTADiE. B. Fore wing of male with tbe cell very narrow ; vein 5 from upper angle of cell; 6 stalked witlx 7, 8, 9, and often also in female. a. Fore wing with subterminal series of spots mefamelas. b. Fore wing without subterminal series of spots dasara. 912. Asiira metamelas. Lydene semifascia, var. onetamelas, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 84, pi. 158. f. 11 (1893). c? . Yellow ; shoulders with black points ; tips of patagia fuscous ; fore tibige and tarsi banded with black; abdomen with the terminal half cl
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 432 AECTTADiE. B. Fore wing of male with tbe cell very narrow ; vein 5 from upper angle of cell; 6 stalked witlx 7, 8, 9, and often also in female. a. Fore wing with subterminal series of spots mefamelas. b. Fore wing without subterminal series of spots dasara. 912. Asiira metamelas. Lydene semifascia, var. onetamelas, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 84, pi. 158. f. 11 (1893). c? . Yellow ; shoulders with black points ; tips of patagia fuscous ; fore tibige and tarsi banded with black; abdomen with the terminal half clothed with black hair. Fore wing with black point at base ; the costa black towards base ; an oblique subbasal line interrupted in cell ; the antemedial line slightly angled below costa, then oblique and interrupted in submedian fold ; a medial spot below costa, and line from cell to inner margin, incurved below vein 3 and anastomosing with the antemedial line ; a postmedial point below costa representing the displaced discoidal spot; the postmedial line highly and irregularly dentate, bent up to the subcostal nervure at vein 4; a series of spots beyond it from costa to vein 3, the spot at vein 4 displaced inwards. Hind wing with some fuscous marks on termen towards apex. 2. Abdomen without black; fore wing with the markings finer; the subbasal line broken up into spots, the medial line not connected with the antemedial line; the discal point prominent; the postmedial line less irregular. Hob. Ceylon^, Pundaloya (Green), 1 d type, 2 in Coll. Green. Exp. 22 millim. Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial line obscured by a large area of fuscous suffusion. Hab. S. India, Belgaum (Watson), 2 d, Nilgiris (Hampson), l"c?,2$. 913. Asura dasara. Setina dasara, Moore, Lep. E. I. 0. p. 303 (1859); Butl. 111. Het. vii. p. 32. pi. 122. ff. 7, 8; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 115 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. Barsine chromatka, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 135 ($). (S . Yellow; shoulders
Size: 2364px × 1057px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhamp, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmoths
