. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. l>6 JiOCTVlVX. median iicrvuro, then ohluiuo, incurved to inner raarj»in ; claviforni nnd orbicular absent; reniform a slight pale lunule ; i)Ostraedial line double filled in with whitish, with a black mark beyond it at costji, obli(|uely cxcurved and sinuous from costa to vein 4, then retracted to oripin of vein 1' and ajjain cxcurved; the veins of terminal area defined on each side by slight whitish streaks ; cilia. Fig. 17. — C'lpipfiaiia gassaiia, (^. \. c]ic(|ucrcd ochrcous white and reddish brown. Hind wing ochreous wh
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. l>6 JiOCTVlVX. median iicrvuro, then ohluiuo, incurved to inner raarj»in ; claviforni nnd orbicular absent; reniform a slight pale lunule ; i)Ostraedial line double filled in with whitish, with a black mark beyond it at costji, obli(|uely cxcurved and sinuous from costa to vein 4, then retracted to oripin of vein 1' and ajjain cxcurved; the veins of terminal area defined on each side by slight whitish streaks ; cilia. Fig. 17. — C'lpipfiaiia gassaiia, (^. \. c]ic(|ucrcd ochrcous white and reddish brown. Hind wing ochreous white suffused and irrorated with brown; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line with slight pale band beyond it; the underside white, irroratxjd with brown, an obscure diffused curved postmedial line and terminal band. Hah. Tuxis, 1 d, 1 2 . Exp. 28 millira. Sect. II. Antennic of male with laminate serrations : abdomen with large crest on 2nd segment. A. Fore wing with dark medial line with whitish baud beyond ii oliva. B. Fore wing with slight olive medial shade without whitish band beyond it olivina. L'191. Copiphana oliva. (Plate XCIX. fig. 1.) Clcophana oliva. Stand. Iris, vii. p. 279, pi. ix. f. 15 (1894); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 213. c?. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly mixed with fuscous; abdomen dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing whitish, the basal lialf and terminal area, excejjt at apex and tornus, suffused with red-brown ; the veins with dark streaks ; the antemedial line at midcUo of wing, excurved from costa to vein 2, angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1 ; clavi- forni small, white defined by brown; orbicular and reniform absent; lK)stmedial line represented by a slight oblique striga from costa ; some whitish streaks in interspaces of terminal area ; cilia whitish intersected with brown. Hind wing pale suffused with ])ale brown on basal half and fuscuus on terminal half; cilia chequered brownish
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