. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 79 1828. Cirphis eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.) Lcucania eboriosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (;>2); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 190. S. Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark streaks; antemedial dark points on v-eins and inner margin ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; a postraedial series of black points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of white poi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 79 1828. Cirphis eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.) Lcucania eboriosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (;>2); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 190. S. Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark streaks; antemedial dark points on v-eins and inner margin ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; a postraedial series of black points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia purplish pink, the underside pale thickly irrorated with purplish pink; the terminal area suffused with pink, a dark discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band. Hab. Tasmania (not ), i S type, Hobart {Norman), 1 cT • Exp. 40 millim. 1829. Cirphis costalis. Cirphis cosinlis, Wlk. xxxii. ()2'j (186;")). (S. Head and thorax pale purplish rufous ; abdomen ochreoiis tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish. Fig. 145.— Cirphis coMalis, J. {. pink; the costal edge white ; slight fuscous antemedial points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a white point with some fuscous round it at lower angle of cell; traces of a curved postmedial series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing pale purplish rufous suffused with fuscous, leaving the inner area and termen redder; cilia pale rufous, white at tips ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot and diffused fuscous postmedial band. IlaJi. Tasmania, 2 J type. Exp. 38 millim. 1830. Cirphis obusta. (Plate XCI. fig. 17.) Leucania obttsia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. .Vm. p. 190. S. Head and thorax deep rufous ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep rufous suffused with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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