. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 580 akctiadu. *561 d. Macaduma picroptila. Macaduma 'picroptila, Turner, ined. Fore wing with the termen excised from apex to torn us. 6 . Head and thorax rufous ; pectus and legs brownish ochreous ; abdomen fuscous, the base of dorsum rufous, the anal tuft brownish ochreous. Fore wing rufous; two black points on costa before the. Fig. 164.âMacaduma picroptila, cS ⢠]⢠excision and traces of points on the excised part. Hind wing fuscous brown with short rufous fascise from base on median nervure and vein 1. Sal. Queenslan
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 580 akctiadu. *561 d. Macaduma picroptila. Macaduma 'picroptila, Turner, ined. Fore wing with the termen excised from apex to torn us. 6 . Head and thorax rufous ; pectus and legs brownish ochreous ; abdomen fuscous, the base of dorsum rufous, the anal tuft brownish ochreous. Fore wing rufous; two black points on costa before the. Fig. 164.âMacaduma picroptila, cS ⢠]⢠excision and traces of points on the excised part. Hind wing fuscous brown with short rufous fascise from base on median nervure and vein 1. Sal. Queensland, Brisbane, type f S in Coll. Turner. Exp, 21 millim. 561 e. Macaduma cretacea, n. sp. (Plate XXX. fig. 35.) cS. Head and thorax brownish white, the frons, palpi, pectus, and legs reddish brown ; abdomen grey-white. Fore wing brownish Avhite ; a subbasal black point on costa ; an inwardly oblique ante- medial series of six black points ; a postmedial black point on costa followed by a series of five minute points, excurved below costa ; the terminal area slightly irrorated with blackish; a red-brown spot on costa before apex, a black spot before termen at discal fold, and some black stria3 on termen ; cilia with black marks at tips at apex and discal fold. Hind wing brownish white ; the underside with slight discoidal spot. Hah. Formosa, Kanshirei (Wileman), 1 6 type. Exp. 14 millim. *561/. Macaduma albida. (Plate XXX. fig. 3G.) Eurosia albida, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 193 (1913). 2 â Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with pale red-brown and with slight red-brown postmedial striga from costa. Hind wing white very faintly tinged with red-brown. Underside of fore wing suffused with red-brown. Hab. Be. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), typef $ in Coll. Pcothschild. Exp. 11 millim. This may be the female of M. albata, no. 501 (/.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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