. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 116.— Valeria jaspidea, (^. |. black lunules ; cilia red-brown with oohreous-white points at base and waved line through them. Hind wing ochreous white ; a slightly sinuous brown postmedial line ; the terminal area suflused with red-brown ; a whitish subterminal line, almost obsolete except towards tornus and with blackish point beyond it at extremity of vein 2 ; cilia brown with fine pale waved line at base and pale tips: the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule with brown mark from it to costa
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 116.— Valeria jaspidea, (^. |. black lunules ; cilia red-brown with oohreous-white points at base and waved line through them. Hind wing ochreous white ; a slightly sinuous brown postmedial line ; the terminal area suflused with red-brown ; a whitish subterminal line, almost obsolete except towards tornus and with blackish point beyond it at extremity of vein 2 ; cilia brown with fine pale waved line at base and pale tips: the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule with brown mark from it to costa, postmedial line strong, rather punctiform, angled outwards at discal fold, then oblique, tlio apical area suffused with brown, a terminal series of small black lunules. Hah. , Sand Coll.; Germanv, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Switzerland; Si-aix, Bilbao, Andalusia. 4() millim. Larva. Kirby, ; Mollis Eur. p. 2i>0; Ilffm. Raiip. p. 95, pi. 27. f. 4. Pale brown ; 1st somite orange in front followed by a scries of dark dots, thoracic .somites with dark stria"; abdominal somites marbled with brown, the warts rufous and dark l»rown, a diffused whitish lateral stripe. Food-plant, Sloe. 2527. Valeria pardaria. (Plate Cn'. fig. 21.) Lvpmiia jxirdaria, Moore, Lop. Atk. p. 114, pi. iv. f. 12 (1S82); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 220. Liipcriiia , Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 114 (1882). 2 . Head and thorax olive-} ellow (? faded from green); palpi. 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 Printed by order of the Trustees
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