. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. HKLIOCOXTIA. 663 is ochreoiis. Fore wing with basal deep chocolate-brown patch, its outer edge oblique sinuous; the antemedial area creamy white; medial area lemon-yellow with a red-brown mark on eosta followed by a white patch; postmedial area bright rufous suffused with silvery purple towards its inner edge except on costal area: postmedial line slight, white, sinuous, from lower angle of cell to inner margin • a small white spot on costa towards apex ; terminal area yellow except at apex and tornus, interrupted at discal f
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. HKLIOCOXTIA. 663 is ochreoiis. Fore wing with basal deep chocolate-brown patch, its outer edge oblique sinuous; the antemedial area creamy white; medial area lemon-yellow with a red-brown mark on eosta followed by a white patch; postmedial area bright rufous suffused with silvery purple towards its inner edge except on costal area: postmedial line slight, white, sinuous, from lower angle of cell to inner margin • a small white spot on costa towards apex ; terminal area yellow except at apex and tornus, interrupted at discal fold by a rufous streak, its inner edge incurved; cilia rufous at middle, yellow towards apex and tornus. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia with fine white line at base and white tips ; the underside ochreous white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused with brown. 5 . Head and thorax bright rufous; fore wing with the basal patch bright rufous defined by a fine white line on outer side, the rest of wing black-brown tinged with purple-grey, the medial and terminal areas irrorated with large greenish-yellow scales, the medial and postmedial white spots on «osta prominent, the post- medial line slight, a fine white line just before termen, cilia rufous with ochreous-white patch below apex and some ochreous white at tornus. Hob, Cuba, Santiago {Schaus), 5 J, 5 $ . Exjp. 16 millim. 6004. Heliocontia apicella, Emmelia apicella, Grote, Trans. Am. Eat. Soc. iv, p, 21 (1872); Druco, Biol. ,, Het. i. p. 302; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 302. Agrophila truncatula, Zell. Verb, Ges. Wien, xxiii. p. 203, pi. 3. f. 1 (1873). Fniva accefta, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p, 24 (1881). Agrophila tnarmorea, Druoe, Biol. , Het. i. p. 302 (part.), nee Butl. S . Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi whitish at base, dark brown at tips; antennae blackish ; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibiae banded with fuscous, the tarsi brown ringed with. Fig. 187.—Hel
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