. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. KIIAinXOPTT-:RYX. 287 Genus RHABINOPTERYX. „, i\pe. PJi', Clirist. Rom. Mum. v. p. ^2 (1WS9) fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching about to middle of fnms and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd joint short; with rounded prominence witli large plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennte of male almost simple, witii tut't of long hair from basal joint in front; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the nietathorax with sp
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. KIIAinXOPTT-:RYX. 287 Genus RHABINOPTERYX. „, i\pe. PJi', Clirist. Rom. Mum. v. p. ^2 (1WS9) fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching about to middle of fnms and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd joint short; with rounded prominence witli large plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennte of male almost simple, witii tut't of long hair from basal joint in front; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the nietathorax with spreading crest ; build sle?ider ; tibiae slightly fringed wjtli hail-; abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex roimded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and f) from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 aniistomosiiig with 8 to form tlie areole : 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; f) obsolescent I'rom middle of discocellulars ; 0, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with tlie reniform present turanica. B. Pore wing with the reniform absent snhtilis, 3899. Rhabinopteryx turanica. JJ(]ia turanica, Ersch. Fedtsch. Reise, p. 67, pi. 4. f. (59 (1874); Christ. Rom. Mem. v. p. 34, pi. 2. f. 6: Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 242. c? . Head and thorax while raised with pale red-brown and somo blackish scales; basal joint of antennae with some black scales ; tegiilue with two brown lines near base and one near tips ; tarsi brownish ringed with white ; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing white tinged with pale brown ; a white fascia in basal half of submedian fold with a fine brown streak in the fold with some blackish at extremity ; subbasal line represented by two slight black points below costa, the antemedial line by two black points on costa and two on vein 1 ; a white fascia in middle. Fig. 83.—Rhabinopteryx turanica, J. \. of cell with fine brown streak
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