. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 2\V2 NocxriD-i:. Skct. II. Abilomeii witli dursiil crest at base only. A. {Chamcoma.) Palpi of male with the 3rcl joint tufted witii Ivug nair. GliJO. Characoma albiilalis. CharacoiHU (tlln(htlis,'\\\k. xxvii. 107 (1SG3). S. Head aiitl thorax grey-Avliite mixed M'ith pale brown; fore femora and tibia} and mid tibice at base blackish ; fore tarsi banded â with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown, the vential surface whitish. .Fore wing wliitc mixed with pale brown, the basal area to snb- Hiedian fold and the costal area fr
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 2\V2 NocxriD-i:. Skct. II. Abilomeii witli dursiil crest at base only. A. {Chamcoma.) Palpi of male with the 3rcl joint tufted witii Ivug nair. GliJO. Characoma albiilalis. CharacoiHU (tlln(htlis,'\\\k. xxvii. 107 (1SG3). S. Head aiitl thorax grey-Avliite mixed M'ith pale brown; fore femora and tibia} and mid tibice at base blackish ; fore tarsi banded â with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown, the vential surface whitish. .Fore wing wliitc mixed with pale brown, the basal area to snb- Hiedian fold and the costal area from antemedial to subterminal line suffused with pale olive-brown; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold, with black streaks before it below costa and in submedian fold ; antemedial line almost medial, black dehiicd. Fig. â C/tarcicuijia alhululis, (^. (in inner side by white, oblique, sinuous, a diffused black patch between it and postmcdial line in submedian interspace; postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous from costa to vein G, then erect, waved, some slight oblique black streaks beyond it below the costa ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small tiiiingular black spots. Hind wing white suffused with brown especially on terminal area ; cilia paler ; the underside whitisli, the costal and terminal areas suifused with brown. JIab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 c? type. }, 30 millim. T>. Pnlpi of male with the 3rd joint ii;il<ed. u. Fore will!' of male with fovea below base of cell. *6491. Characoma sexilinea. Ht/poihripa sexilinea, , A. M. N. 11. (8) iii. p. 430 (1009). S. Head and thorax grey-white irroratcd with a few black scales ; palpi with black band at base of 3rd joint; antennne black except at base; fore tibia? and the tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey, dorsally suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing grey-white ; a bl
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