. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 69.—Hypercalymnia mefaxantha, (^. \. terminal area rufous with an ill-defined oblique whitish bar across apex; a terminal series of slight brownish points ; cilia brownish white. Hind wing pale yellow. Ilab. Congo, Katanga Distr. {Nenve), 1 S type. Exp. 34 millim. Genua MUSOTHYMA. Musofhynia, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. Type. cyanastis. Pi'oboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, upturned to above vertex of head ; frons with rounded prominence with small corneous plate below it; eyes smooth ; aiitenuie of male
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 69.—Hypercalymnia mefaxantha, (^. \. terminal area rufous with an ill-defined oblique whitish bar across apex; a terminal series of slight brownish points ; cilia brownish white. Hind wing pale yellow. Ilab. Congo, Katanga Distr. {Nenve), 1 S type. Exp. 34 millim. Genua MUSOTHYMA. Musofhynia, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. Type. cyanastis. Pi'oboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, upturned to above vertex of head ; frons with rounded prominence with small corneous plate below it; eyes smooth ; aiitenuie of male minutely ciliated ; thorax smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crests on 1st three segments, the crest on 3rd segment large, the male with large lateral tufts at base from edge of stigmata. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomos- ing with the cell near base only. *4542. Musothyma cyanastis. Mtisoihyma cyanastis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 375. J. Head and tegulae pale ochreous, the 3rd joint of palpi and frons above black; thorax olive-brown; abdomen olive-brown, whitish below. Fore wing brownish ochreous thickly irrorated. Fig. 70.—Muiothyma cyanastis, S • t- with large black scales to the postmedial line; a slate-coloured fascia on inner margin, bent upwards on inner side of postmedial lino to vein 2 where it is met by an obscure diffused oblique blackish baud from middle of costa; postmedial line whitish,. 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 Order o
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