. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 3S3 a curved postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins and indistinct diffused snbterminal band. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Simba Camp {CraivsJiay), 1 6 type. i?.r^3. 24 millim. Genus ARIATHISA. Type. exc'isa. Ariaihisa, Wlk. xxxiii. 747 (1865) Nitocris, Guei). Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 4 (1868) comma. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 3i'd short; irons smooth ; eyes large, round; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax wit
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 3S3 a curved postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins and indistinct diffused snbterminal band. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Simba Camp {CraivsJiay), 1 6 type. i?.r^3. 24 millim. Genus ARIATHISA. Type. exc'isa. Ariaihisa, Wlk. xxxiii. 747 (1865) Nitocris, Guei). Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 4 (1868) comma. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 3i'd short; irons smooth ; eyes large, round; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crests, the metathorax with small paired crests; tibiae fringed with long hair, abdomen with some rough liair at base and lateral fringes of hair but wifcliout ci-ests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terrnen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 fi-om upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins o, 4 from angle of cell; o obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antenna3 of male bipeetinate with short branches, the apex simple. A. Fore wing without dark patch below lower angle of cell ochroletica. 33. Fore wii^g with dark patch be^'ond lower angle of cell pelosticta. *4044. Ariathisa ochroleuca. Caradrlna ochroleuca, Lower, Tr. E. Soc. S. Austr. xxvi. p. 223 (1902). S. Head and thorax white tinged with pale rufous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the last dorsally slightly tinged wath brown. Fore wing white tinged with pale rufous ; very indistinct. 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by
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