. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 700 N0CTTJJDJ5. 6059. Tarachidia clausula. (Plate CLXX. fig. 12.) Xanthoptera clausula, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 186 (18S2">; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 303. S . Head aud tegulse white slightly mixed with brown, the palpi at tips and antennae brown ; thorax white tinged with yellow ; pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally whitish. Fore wing with the basal half yellow, the terminal half red-brown thickly irrorated with white and defin
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 700 N0CTTJJDJ5. 6059. Tarachidia clausula. (Plate CLXX. fig. 12.) Xanthoptera clausula, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 186 (18S2">; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 303. S . Head aud tegulse white slightly mixed with brown, the palpi at tips and antennae brown ; thorax white tinged with yellow ; pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally whitish. Fore wing with the basal half yellow, the terminal half red-brown thickly irrorated with white and defined on inner side by a slightly incurved white line ; a slight white terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia whiter at tips; the underside brownish white, the costal area irrorated with brown. Hab. , Arizona, Yuma Co., Colorado desert, 1 cS • j&^jj. 18 millim. 6060. Tarachidia semiflava. (Plate CLXX. fig. 13.) Xanthoptera semiflava, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 241 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 303. Head and thorax deep yellow ; palpi white tinged with brown ; antennse brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white irrorated with broAvn. Fore wing with the basal half deep yellow bounded by an oblique slightly sinuous black line from costa beyond middle to inner margin before middle, the costal edge brownish; the ter- minal half red-brown thickly irrorated with grey. Hind wing whitish irrorated and suffused with red-brown, rather darker on terminal area ; the underside white irrorated with brown. Hah. , Southern States (Douhleday, Grote), 5 c? ? Texas, Kerrville, 1 c?, Colorado, Golden (Oslar), 3^,1$. Exj). 22-30 millim. 6061. Tarachidia flavibasis. Tarachidia flavibasis, Frnpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pi. 17. f. 3 (c5'). Tarachidia holophcea, Hnipsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pi. 17. f. 17 S . Head, tegute, pectus, legs, and abdomen red-brown ; thorax olive-yellow. Pore wing with the basal half olive-yellow with oblique outer edge, the t
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