. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. COSMIA. — nOMOGL^A. 513 paljji fier}- red; auteniic'e whitish at base ; fore coxae aiul mid and hind femora and tibice reddish ; abdomen ochreoiis dorsall}' suffused Avith dark brown except at extremity, ventrally tinged with red. Pore wing ochreous almost wholly suffused with dark reddish brown with a greyish gloss, the medial area slightly paler ; an indistinct slightly waved ochreous subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial lino deep red-brown defined by ochreous on outer side, oblique, straight; orbicular and
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. COSMIA. — nOMOGL^A. 513 paljji fier}- red; auteniic'e whitish at base ; fore coxae aiul mid and hind femora and tibice reddish ; abdomen ochreoiis dorsall}' suffused Avith dark brown except at extremity, ventrally tinged with red. Pore wing ochreous almost wholly suffused with dark reddish brown with a greyish gloss, the medial area slightly paler ; an indistinct slightly waved ochreous subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial lino deep red-brown defined by ochreous on outer side, oblique, straight; orbicular and reniform rather darker brown with slight ochreous aunuli defined by red-brown, the former erect elliptical, the latter with straight inner edge ; a slight medial shade, oblique below the cell; postmedial line deep red-brown defined by ochreous on inner side, oblique, very slightly. Fig. 171.—Cosmia acuminata, ^. incurved, some fuscous suffusion beyond it on costal area before the subterminal line, which is indistinct, yellowish, minutely waved, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of slight brown lunules. Hind wing reddish ochreous suffused with brown except costal and terminal areas ; an ill-defined yellowish postmedial line from costa to vein 2 ; cilia brownish towards apex; the underside yellow, the costal and terminal areas suffused and irro- rated with red, the inner area paler, a small blackish discoidal spot and traces of a double slightly waved postmedial line on costal area. Hah. Japan, Xikko {Lewis, Leech), 2 (S, Yokohama (Jonas, Prijer), 4 J , 3 5 , type; China, Chekiang, Ningpo, Da-laen-San (,/. J. Wall-er), 1 $ . ^. 40-48 millim^ Genus HOMOGL^A. Type. Homoglcsa, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 240 (1875)... hircina. Euharvcya, Grote, Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 81 (1894) carhonariu. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons and clothed with long hair; irons smooth, rounded ; eyes large, rounded; antennaj of male
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