. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 600 Geuus FRACAEA. Type. Fracara, WIL ix. 146 (1856) viridata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi npturned. the 2nd joint moderately fringed â with hair in front and reaching about to vertex of head, tlie 3rd rather long ; irons smooth ; eves large, round ; antennas of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with rough scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender ; t\b\sz moderately fringed wich hair ; abdomen with doi-sal series of crests, the crests on 3rd and 4th segments lar
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 600 Geuus FRACAEA. Type. Fracara, WIL ix. 146 (1856) viridata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi npturned. the 2nd joint moderately fringed â with hair in front and reaching about to vertex of head, tlie 3rd rather long ; irons smooth ; eves large, round ; antennas of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with rough scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender ; t\b\sz moderately fringed wich hair ; abdomen with doi-sal series of crests, the crests on 3rd and 4th segments large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen excised below apex, excurved at middle, then oblique ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 3472. Fracara viridata. Foctua viridata, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 44, pi. 311. f. D (1782). (S. Head and thorax white mixed with greenish blue; pectus and legs white ; abdomen white tinged with ochreous and dorsally with greenish blue at base. Fore wing whitish blue, the basal, medial, and postmedial areas suffused with green : antemedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique; orbicular and reniform scarlet with white annuli, small,. 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, bart. , 1860-1936. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees
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