. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 20 N0fTUIDJ3. rufous and irroratecl with black, a black discoidal lunule and minutely wa-ved postmedial line. Bab. SiKHiM {Atldnson, MoUer, Dudgeon, Pilcher), 6 6 type; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 d". Exy. 42-46 millira. Genus GORTYNA. Type. Gortyna, Treit. Selimett, Eur. v. (2) p. 330 (1825) leucostigma. Heloiropha, Led. Noct. Eur. p. 118 (1857) leucostigma. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to middle of irons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frous smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; ante
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 20 N0fTUIDJ3. rufous and irroratecl with black, a black discoidal lunule and minutely wa-ved postmedial line. Bab. SiKHiM {Atldnson, MoUer, Dudgeon, Pilcher), 6 6 type; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 d". Exy. 42-46 millira. Genus GORTYNA. Type. Gortyna, Treit. Selimett, Eur. v. (2) p. 330 (1825) leucostigma. Heloiropha, Led. Noct. Eur. p. 118 (1857) leucostigma. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to middle of irons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frous smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna of male typically ciliated ; head and ^tijprax clotlied chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibire modei-ately fringed with hair ; abdomen with doi-sal series of crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen creuulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocelhilars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennas of male bipectinate with moderate branches ending in a bristle, the apex ciliated. A. Fore wing with the postmedial line black defined by grey on outer side japonica. B. Fore wing with the postmedial line very indistinct except at costa dolia. 4313. Gortyna japonica. uplexia japonica, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 504, pi. 51. f. 4 (Nov. 1889). adena succincta, Gr£es. Eerl. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 255 (March IbOt*); Eli. Ha den Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175 Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with greyish, the tarsi ringed with white, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing greyish suft'used with dark brown, the postmedial area, except. Fig. 3.— Gortyna japonica, (^. \. towards costa and apex, paler ; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; antemedial line with two dark striae f
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