. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 182 375. Monotaxis trimaculata, n. sp. 5 . Head and thorax blue-black; palpi, frons, tepula^, and base of patagia orange ; legs orange and blue-black; abdomen orange,. Fig. 90.—Nonotaxis irimaculata, §. \. the dorsal surface dull blue-black except at extremity. Fore wing blue-black, with a large subbasal wedge-shaped orange spot in and below cell; an elliptical spot in end of cell, and a somewhat quadrate elongate spot on apical part of costa ; cilia 3-ellow towards tornus. Hind wing orange-yellow. Hah. Borneo, Kina
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 182 375. Monotaxis trimaculata, n. sp. 5 . Head and thorax blue-black; palpi, frons, tepula^, and base of patagia orange ; legs orange and blue-black; abdomen orange,. Fig. 90.—Nonotaxis irimaculata, §. \. the dorsal surface dull blue-black except at extremity. Fore wing blue-black, with a large subbasal wedge-shaped orange spot in and below cell; an elliptical spot in end of cell, and a somewhat quadrate elongate spot on apical part of costa ; cilia 3-ellow towards tornus. Hind wing orange-yellow. Hah. Borneo, Kina Balu {Waterstradt), 1 $ type. Exii. 40 millim. Genus ISORROPUS. Isorropus, Butl. A. M. X. H. (5) \. p. 342 (1880) Type. tricolor. Proboscis fully develojoecl; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons, which is clothed with rough hair; antennae of female ciliated, with a tuft of large scales on upperside of shaft beyond middle; tibiffi with the spurs inoderate. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 free. Hnid wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 3, 4 and 0, 7 strongly stalked ; 5 absent; 8 from middle of cell. 376. Isorropus tricolor. I& tricolor, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (5) v. p. 343 (1880); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 31G. 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson : palpi at tips, antennae, and legs blackish. Fore wing with the basal area orange to near. 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, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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