. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CALOCASIA. 361 *8172. Calocasia umbrosa. ' Demas umbrosa, Wileiiiaii, Traus. Ent. Soe. 1911, p. 243, pi. 30. f. 11; S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with reddish brown ; tarsi ringed black and white ; abdomen with the dorsal crests black at tips. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with white; ante- medial line black, sinuous ; orbicular small, defined by black except above, a blackish spot above it on costa; reniform whitish defined by brown and with a curved brown striga in centre, a whitish patch beyond it extending


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CALOCASIA. 361 *8172. Calocasia umbrosa. ' Demas umbrosa, Wileiiiaii, Traus. Ent. Soe. 1911, p. 243, pi. 30. f. 11; S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with reddish brown ; tarsi ringed black and white ; abdomen with the dorsal crests black at tips. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with white; ante- medial line black, sinuous ; orbicular small, defined by black except above, a blackish spot above it on costa; reniform whitish defined by brown and with a curved brown striga in centre, a whitish patch beyond it extending to costa ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by white, minutely dentate, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and angled outwards at submedian fold; an indistinct waved brown subterminal line defined on outer side by slight white marks. Hind wing reddish brown; the underside irrorated with white and with an indistinct curved waved postmedial brown line. Hah. Japan, type f cJ in Coll. Wileman. J^JxjJ. 32 miUim. 8173. Calocasia coryli. Bombyx coryli, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. fiOo (1858); Esp. Scbiiiett. iii. pi. 50. ;'l-5; Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. ff. 17, 18; Diip. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 180, pi. 84. f. 6 ; Fi-r. Neue Beitr. pi. 549 ; Donovan, Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. ix. p. 45, pi. 309; Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent, Haust, ii. pi. 60. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131. Demas melanotica, Haverkamjjf, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1. p. 158 (190G). Demas weymeri. Hold. Intern. Ent. Zeit. iii. p. 240 (1910). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, the metathorax red- brown, the patagia with two oblique black bars and red-brown tips ;. Fig. 94. — Calocasia coryli, (^. \. antennae rufous ; palpi and a band across frons black-brown ; pectus black-brown in front; tarsi brown with pale rings ; abdomen. 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 perf


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