. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 558 Genus MICROTANE. Typo. Microtane, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 183 (1901) fusca. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, slender, not reaching- beyond the frons ; antenna; of male ciliated ; tibias with the spurs long-. Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing- with vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. In key differs from Arwa in
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 558 Genus MICROTANE. Typo. Microtane, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 183 (1901) fusca. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, slender, not reaching- beyond the frons ; antenna; of male ciliated ; tibias with the spurs long-. Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing- with vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. In key differs from Arwa in the proboscis-being absent and the fore wing having vein 7 from 8 beyond 9. 511 b. Microtane fusca. Microtane fusca, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 183 (1901). S . Fuscous brown ; abdomen blackish, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing in-orated with black; the costal area blackish towards base; small black spots in middle and end of cell and beyond its. Fig. 150.—Microtane fusca, rf. f. extremity ; a blackish patch on costa just beyond middle and an- other before apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing- fuscous with indistinct discoidal spot. Sab. Ceylon, Matele (Pole), 1 j type. Exp. 12 millim. Page 258. Under STICTANE insert :— Typo. Manoba, Wlk. Joum. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 62 (1863) implens, which has precedence. *542 a. Manoha gemiuata. Celama gemiuata, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 727. Antenna? of male with very long branches curled at tips. J . White with a slight fuscous tinge ; 3rd joint of palpi and branches of antennae blackish; abdomen more strongly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing with traces of antemedial points on costa and vein 1; a medial fuscous spot on costa and incurved line from cell. 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). De
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