Moths . calis, Hmpsn. , p. 911. $ . White; palpi and pectus fuscous black. Fore wing withthe costal area fuscous black; a basal black patch not reachinginner margin ; a medial black band very wide on costa and ex-tending nearly to apex, narrowing to inner margin; a series ofblack spots on the cilia. Hind wing with diffused fuscous post-medial line, developed into a patch on middle of inner Sibsagar. Exp. 26 millim. 4251. Patissa lactealis, Feld. Peis. Nov. pi. 187, fig. 38; C. $ S. no. 46G6. d1. White irrorated withobscure subbasal brown line; fuscous brown. Tore wing wit


Moths . calis, Hmpsn. , p. 911. $ . White; palpi and pectus fuscous black. Fore wing withthe costal area fuscous black; a basal black patch not reachinginner margin ; a medial black band very wide on costa and ex-tending nearly to apex, narrowing to inner margin; a series ofblack spots on the cilia. Hind wing with diffused fuscous post-medial line, developed into a patch on middle of inner Sibsagar. Exp. 26 millim. 4251. Patissa lactealis, Feld. Peis. Nov. pi. 187, fig. 38; C. $ S. no. 46G6. d1. White irrorated withobscure subbasal brown line; fuscous brown. Tore wing withprominent curved antemedial line ;the postmedial line nearlystraight from costa to vein 3,then recurved to costa andenclosing two black spots ondiscocellulars in a figure-of-8shaped mark, angled outwardson vein 2, and oblique toinner margin; a minutelydentate submarginal brownline and series of specks onHind wing pure white, with a brown lunule on innerove anal angle, and brown line from vein 2 to inner. Fig. 30.—Patissa lactealis, $. the cilia margin margin near anal angle. 5 . Much less irrorated with brown. Fore wing with the re-tracted figure-of-8 shaped portion of the postmedial line anddiscocellular specks obsolescent; the submarginal line white. Hindwing pure white. Eab. Nilgiris; Ceylon. Exp., <3 20, $ 22 millim. 4252. Patissa fulvosparsa, Butt. Trans. Ent. Soc 1881, p. candidulalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 880, pi. 57, fig. 6; no. chlorosema, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soq. 1894, p. tortualis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1893, p. 58, pi. 3, fig. 3. White. Fore wing with obscure yellow curved subbasal andantemedial lines; the postmedial yellow line straight from costato vein 5, retracted almost to costa in the form of a figure of 8with a black spot at lower angle of cell, angled on vein 2 andoblique to inner margin ; a curved submarginal yellow band. Hindwing white, with slight yellow marks on inner and outer marginsnear anal angle. H


Size: 2457px × 1017px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisheretcetc, bookyear189