. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. AMSACTA. CREATONOTUS. 331 antennae black ; back of head, stripes on shoulders, fore coxae and femora above yellow; patagia with black points, legs striped with black, the tarsi ringed with black; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface white, a dorsal series of short black bands, and lateral and sublateral series of black spots. Eore wing pale brown ; the costa yellow; a subcostal fascia, the veins, a stripe in and beyond end of cell, and another in medial pa
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. AMSACTA. CREATONOTUS. 331 antennae black ; back of head, stripes on shoulders, fore coxae and femora above yellow; patagia with black points, legs striped with black, the tarsi ringed with black; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface white, a dorsal series of short black bands, and lateral and sublateral series of black spots. Eore wing pale brown ; the costa yellow; a subcostal fascia, the veins, a stripe in and beyond end of cell, and another in medial part of subraedian fold white ; two discoidal black points ; traces of a curved antemedial line ; a more distinct postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved to below origin of vein 2. Hind wing pure white, with black discoidal lunule and four subterminal spots sometimes more or less conjoined. Hah. Ganjam; Madras, 1 d ; Coimbatore {^YalJlouse)^ 1 S type. Ea-p. 44 millim. Larva. Food-plant, groundnuts. Genus CREATONOTUS. Type. Creatonotos, Hiibn. Verz. p. 169 (1827) gangis. Ampkissa, Wlk. iii. 684 (1855) transiens. Fhissama, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 362 (1859) transiens. Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons; head and thorax smoothly scaled ; hind tibias with the medial spurs absent. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Antennse of male bipectinate. A. Abdomen crimson above arabica. B. Abdomen orange above marginalis. 1845. Creatonotus arabica. Spilosoma arabicum, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 258, pi. x. f. Fig. 148.— Creatonotus arabica, (^. \. Brownish grey; palpi black above, tinged with crimson below ; antennae black, the basal joint crimson ; neck crimson; patagia with black spots; legs banded with black; fore coxae and femora above tinged
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