. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 145.— Scsa/nia sahulosa, (^. \. Hah. Uganda, ^Mulema {Dv^(/ctt), 2 c? typo, Ketoma (Do<jf/iti), 1 ? . ). 20 millira. B. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell. a. Fore wing suffused with rufous r/ij'cscciis. h. Fore wiug not suffused with rufous eyimclij'cra. 47G1. Sesamia riifesceus, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 22.) Head and thorax ocbreous tinged with bright rufous; palpi except at tips and sides of frons blackish ; abdomen grejish suffused with dark brown. Fore wing ocbreous suffused with bright rufous, especially jus


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 145.— Scsa/nia sahulosa, (^. \. Hah. Uganda, ^Mulema {Dv^(/ctt), 2 c? typo, Ketoma (Do<jf/iti), 1 ? . ). 20 millira. B. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell. a. Fore wing suffused with rufous r/ij'cscciis. h. Fore wiug not suffused with rufous eyimclij'cra. 47G1. Sesamia riifesceus, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 22.) Head and thorax ocbreous tinged with bright rufous; palpi except at tips and sides of frons blackish ; abdomen grejish suffused with dark brown. Fore wing ocbreous suffused with bright rufous, especially just beloAv the cell and on inner half of terminal area, the median nervure and veins of terminal area defined on each side by dark streaks; cilia black-brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown. Hah. Natal, Durban {Lehjh., Clark), 4 (5, 1 2 ^JP^- Ea'p. ' 32 raillim. 4702. Sesamia epunctifera. Sesamia ejmnctifera, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 21)8 (l'J02). Head and thorax ocbreous mixed with dark brown; ])al[ii with the 2nd joint blackish above ; abdomen white irrorated with. Fig. 140.—Sesamia cpuncfifcra, cf. }. dark brown. Fore wing ocbreous white thicldy irroraied with black- brown, the veins with pale streaks ; usually with black antemcdial point in submedian fold, discoidal point and point in discal fold beyond the cell; a terminal series of rather lunulate black points; cilia white mixed with brow^n and with slight brown line at 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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