. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 3«J0 AKCTIAD^.. Fig. 303 —Siccia caffra, ^. 830. Siccia caflfra. Sci'ia cafra, Wlk. ii. 63'.t (18M) : Kiiby, Cat. Ilct. p. 368. Lithusitt }ii(/roj>u)ic(u(a, Wllgrn. Wieu. Ent. Mou. iv. p. 46 (1860); Kirby, Cut. Het. p. y68. Mclania pMuiit/ira, Ftld. Ecis. Kov. pi. 106. ff. 34, 35 (1874), Tale grey-brown ; palpi, frons, and fore legs above blackish. Fore wiug irrorattd with a few black scales; subbasal and aute- inedial blafk spots ou costa aud below cell; medial spots on costa, iu cell, and ou inner margin ; a discoidal spot
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 3«J0 AKCTIAD^.. Fig. 303 —Siccia caffra, ^. 830. Siccia caflfra. Sci'ia cafra, Wlk. ii. 63'.t (18M) : Kiiby, Cat. Ilct. p. 368. Lithusitt }ii(/roj>u)ic(u(a, Wllgrn. Wieu. Ent. Mou. iv. p. 46 (1860); Kirby, Cut. Het. p. y68. Mclania pMuiit/ira, Ftld. Ecis. Kov. pi. 106. ff. 34, 35 (1874), Tale grey-brown ; palpi, frons, and fore legs above blackish. Fore wiug irrorattd with a few black scales; subbasal and aute- inedial blafk spots ou costa aud below cell; medial spots on costa, iu cell, and ou inner margin ; a discoidal spot; an indistinct post- medial line strung]}- bent outwards below costa and angled on veius G and 4, then incurved to below end of cell and excurved again ; a diil'used triangular wedge- shaped patch from costa to vein 5 ; terminal spots be- low apex, at middle, and above tornus with slight ])oints between thera. Hind wing , slightly tinged with brown towards costa and termen and with indistinct discoidal point; more uniformly tinged with brown in female. Ilab. Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 c?, 3 $ ; Cave Colony, Knysua {Trimen), 3 d", 2 $ , type. Exjy. 20-24 miUim. C31. Siccia punctipennis. Lithosia 2}unciipe»nis, WUgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 46 (1860); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 368. Autoceras tiigropuncta'na, Saalm. Lep, Madag. i. p. 169, pi. 7. f. 103 (1884); Kiroy, Cat. Het. p. 368. J. Pale grey-brown suffused with fuscous. Fore wing with subbasal spot on costa ; the antemedial line arising from a s])ot on costa, strongly angled outwards to a s])ot below the ceU, then re- tracted ; a spot at middle of cell; the medial line arising from a spot on costa, angled outwards iu cell, then oblicjue and minutely dentate ; a discoidal spot; the postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and angled at veins 0 and 4, then retracted ; a stibterminal spot on costa -with an obscure spot below it and two above inner margin; a terminal series of points. Hind wi
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