. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 19') MX in Avliite .sulitcrmiiial line defii)c(l b)' black on outer side and with blackish patcli before it on costa ; a series of small black spots just before termen. Jlind wing uniform fnscous ; the underside rather jialer. Ilah. SiX(;.vi>oui-; {B'kUcii), 1 § type. /'.'.ry*. '22 millini. Genus NIGRAMMA. Tv])P. Xi(/reniiiim. WWi. xxvii. 77 (18(33) r/iiinJrHlifcra. Cfi)ia, Wlk. xxxi. 257 (1804) Uipidarin. Cki/diica, Wlk. Jouni. Linn. Zool. rii. )). 1()4 (1864) ... pyrahAdef. Proboscis fully developed
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 19') MX in Avliite .sulitcrmiiial line defii)c(l b)' black on outer side and with blackish patcli before it on costa ; a series of small black spots just before termen. Jlind wing uniform fnscous ; the underside rather jialer. Ilah. SiX(;.vi>oui-; {B'kUcii), 1 § type. /'.'.ry*. '22 millini. Genus NIGRAMMA. Tv])P. Xi(/reniiiim. WWi. xxvii. 77 (18(33) r/iiinJrHlifcra. Cfi)ia, Wlk. xxxi. 257 (1804) Uipidarin. Cki/diica, Wlk. Jouni. Linn. Zool. rii. )). 1()4 (1864) ... pyrahAdef. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquelj' iiiitiirnefl, the 2nd joint reacliing nboiit to vertex of head and sligiitly fringed above bv hair towards cxtreiiiitj, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; thoi-ax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with sharp ridge-like crest; tibife slightly fringed with haii-; abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenu- late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle : 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell, llind wing with veins 3. 4, ri from angle of cell; ('>, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base onl}'. 8ect. I. Antennn- of male with long cilia. A. Hind wing uf male with a Viladder-like vesicle at base of rosta wilh a ridge ol'large scales below it on underside. 6443. Nigramma lophophora, u. sp. S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown and some grej^ish ; pectus whitish ; legs and abdomen grey-brown, tbe latter with the ventral surface wliitish. Fore wing dark reddish brown tinged with grey; antemedial line indistinct, waved, slightly defined on each side by red-brown ; medial line indistinct, waved ;. Fig. .37.—.K/\(/ra/iiit/(i !jt/iii/jli(ini, S- \- a slight tuft of red-brown scales at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, dotible, strongly bent outwards b
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