. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 51H towards base on upperside, the cell narrow and the neuration rather distorted. J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown glossed with metallic blue; tarsi whitish ; anal tuft whitish at sides. Fore wing black-brown glossed with metallic blue; the fringes of hair under the costal fringe ochreous; an elliptical white spot in and below end of cell; the terminal half of wing occupied by a deep cupreous red patch leaving the margins black-brown. Hind wing. Fig. 174.—Neoscaptia androconiata, tf. \- white with some red
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 51H towards base on upperside, the cell narrow and the neuration rather distorted. J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown glossed with metallic blue; tarsi whitish ; anal tuft whitish at sides. Fore wing black-brown glossed with metallic blue; the fringes of hair under the costal fringe ochreous; an elliptical white spot in and below end of cell; the terminal half of wing occupied by a deep cupreous red patch leaving the margins black-brown. Hind wing. Fig. 174.—Neoscaptia androconiata, tf. \- white with some reddish brown at base and on inner margin ; the terminal area dark reddish brown, broad at costa, narrowing to torn us ; the underside with black-brown patch on basal costal area. Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. (Meelc), type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 24 millim. *o92 c. Neoscaptia albata. Neoscaptia albata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xii. p. 470 (1905). Antennae of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; fore wing with fringe of long scales from basal half of costa on upperside covering an elongate foveal depression, the underside with fringe of long hair on vein 1; hind wing with the costal area strongly lobed to. 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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