. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 294 NOCTUIDJE. on outer by the medial area being leaden grej- from costa to submedian fold; an olive-yellow discoidal luuule with two slight black points on it; postmedial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side by olive-yellow, bent outwards below costa, then erect, an oblique olive patch beyond it on costal area ; an indistinct minutely dentate silvery grey subterminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown. Hah. Tkavancore, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millira. Genus SELEPA. Selepa, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 353 (1858)
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 294 NOCTUIDJE. on outer by the medial area being leaden grej- from costa to submedian fold; an olive-yellow discoidal luuule with two slight black points on it; postmedial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side by olive-yellow, bent outwards below costa, then erect, an oblique olive patch beyond it on costal area ; an indistinct minutely dentate silvery grey subterminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown. Hah. Tkavancore, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millira. Genus SELEPA. Selepa, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 353 (1858) Type. celiis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi downcurved, extending about the length of head and fringed with hair above and below; frous smootb ; eyes large, round; antenna? of inale almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; fore tibiiB fringed on both sides with long hair, the tarsal joints with slight tufts of scales, the mid and hind tibi^ slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short ai-eole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. Sect. I. Hind wing of male on underside with large patch of blackish andro- conia in submedian interspace froTn near base to near termen, followed by a small patch of rough hairy rufous scales on termen. 6587, Selepa stigmatophora, FlotJieia sligmatofliora, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 305; id. Moths Ind. iv. p. 524. S • Head and thorax fuscous brown tinged with grey; abdo- men pale grey-brown; pectus and ventral surface ot abdomen whitish. Pore wing cupreous brown tinged with grey ; a curved. Fig. 104.—Sdejpa stigmaiopJwra, J. sinuous brown antemedial line; a point of raised scales in middle
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