. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. METOPTA. 301 only and without crests ; all the tibi^ spined, the fore tibiaj fringed with long hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibine smoothly sealed ; abdomen clothed with rough hair at base of dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terinen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; 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 the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cel
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. METOPTA. 301 only and without crests ; all the tibi^ spined, the fore tibiaj fringed with long hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibine smoothly sealed ; abdomen clothed with rough hair at base of dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terinen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; 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 the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 7422. Metopta rectifasciata. Spirama rectifasciata. Men. Cat. Lep. ETet. Mus. Petr. pi. 17. f. 6 (1803). S'piramia japonica, Wlk. xxxiii. 948 (18G5), nee Guen. Spirama interlineata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 291 (1878); id. 111. Het. ii. p. 41, pi. 34. f. 2. Head and thorax dark brown, the latter with the hairs slightlj' tipped with ochreous ; tegulse slightly tipped with ochreous; an- tennsB brownish white; legs brownish white above; abdomen dark brown. Eore wing dark brown, the basal, costal, and terminal areas strongly suffused with purple-grey ; an indistinct sinuous dark. Fig. 50.—Metopta rectifasciata, (5. \. antemedial line ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with trilobate head, defined by black and on inner and outer sides of tail by yellowish white, its head with blue-black streaks at the indenta- tions, its centre pale red-brown irrorated with white, a diffused black patch beyond the tail with red-brown beyond it and the head of the discoidal mark; medial line black defined on outer side by yellowish white, arising from the tail of the discoidal mark and ex- curved round and below it, then erect to inner margin ; a yellowish. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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