. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. £M Fi?. 94.—Aplc'-faides speciosa, J. Small and dark, with the markings indistinct.— Small, pale with the markings indistinct.— Small and pale, with the markings prominent.— slightly bent outwards at,vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules : cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale fuscous brown ; a terminal series of black striae ; the underside white irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule and curved dentate postmedial line, incurved in discal fold. Ab. 1. ohscura. Head, thorax, abdomen,
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. £M Fi?. 94.—Aplc'-faides speciosa, J. Small and dark, with the markings indistinct.— Small, pale with the markings indistinct.— Small and pale, with the markings prominent.— slightly bent outwards at,vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules : cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale fuscous brown ; a terminal series of black striae ; the underside white irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule and curved dentate postmedial line, incurved in discal fold. Ab. 1. ohscura. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing much darker. Ab. 2. arctica. Alpine and Arctic. Ab. 3. cegrota. Mongolia. Ab. 4. mixta. Labrador. ITah. Canada, Labrador, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's YaWa^Barn- ston), 2 2 type mixta; , Wliite Mts., 1 c?, Adirondack Mts., Vermont; Germany, Hartz Mts., Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Scandinavia, Zeller Coll. ; Russia ; Mongolia. Exjy. 38-50 millim. Larva. Hoffmann, Stett. cnt. Zeit. xlviii. p. 142 (1887). 1st stage: Dull green with black warts and hairs; head and thoracic shield brown. 2nd stage: Browner, with fine white dorsal and subdorsal lines defined by black; lateral stripe yellow ; thoracic somites with two subdorsal points on each side, which on abdominal somites are obliquely placed, the abdominal somites have X-like black dorsal marks and are dorsally prominently irrorated with black ; spiracles black. 3rd & 4th stages with slight 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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