. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. BATH m A. 383 with the cell half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing largely suffused with fulvous, the reniform broken up into small white spots _• sagata. B. Fore wing with very slight fulvous suffusion, the reniform a well defined blackish hmule chavamiesL 8200. Bathyra sagata. (Plate CCXXXIII. fig. 15.) Diphtem sagata, Wlk. ix. 38 (185G); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 589. S . Head and tliorax whitisl


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. BATH m A. 383 with the cell half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing largely suffused with fulvous, the reniform broken up into small white spots _• sagata. B. Fore wing with very slight fulvous suffusion, the reniform a well defined blackish hmule chavamiesL 8200. Bathyra sagata. (Plate CCXXXIII. fig. 15.) Diphtem sagata, Wlk. ix. 38 (185G); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 589. S . Head and tliorax whitisli tinged with rufous ; antennae black except basal joint; palpi black with white rings at extremities o£ 2nd and 3rd joints ; patagia with a brown line near tips ; prothoracic crests blackish at base, the metathoracic crests black; some black below shoulders and fulvous below wings ; fore and mid tibiae with. Fig. 98.—Bathjra sagata, J*. \. black and fulvous bars, the tarsi except at base blue-black, the whole hind legs blue-black; abdomen with the dorsum ochreous whitish, the sides fulvous, the basal crest and the crests on 2nd and 3rd segments except at tips black, the anal segment with a black band, the ventral surface ochreous whitish with diffused black sub- lateral stripes. Fore wing white ; the basal costal area black with two white spots on it defined by fulvous, conjoined to a subbasal black spot, defined on outer side by fulvous below the cell; a broad band of fulvous, blue-grey and black irroration before the ante- medial line except towards costa; antemedial line with double black spots defined by fulvous at costa, then fulvous and black defined on. 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. ,


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