. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. (iKAI'HOSIA. Ill Fore wing yellowish white with the costal edges fuscous brown. Hind wing brownish, the costal area whitish, the inner area yellowish. Underside of both wings brown with the inner area Fig. 63.—Graphosia phseocraspis, rf • \. llah. Dutch N. Guinea, Oetakwa II., Snow Mts. {Meek), type t 6 margaritacea in Coll. Rothschild; Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000' {Pratt), type t 6 in Coll. Bethune-Baker; Good- enough I. {Meek), H.' 24 millim. *171 b. Graphosia approximans. (Plate XXV. fig. 9.) Tigrioides app
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. (iKAI'HOSIA. Ill Fore wing yellowish white with the costal edges fuscous brown. Hind wing brownish, the costal area whitish, the inner area yellowish. Underside of both wings brown with the inner area Fig. 63.—Graphosia phseocraspis, rf • \. llah. Dutch N. Guinea, Oetakwa II., Snow Mts. {Meek), type t 6 margaritacea in Coll. Rothschild; Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000' {Pratt), type t 6 in Coll. Bethune-Baker; Good- enough I. {Meek), H.' 24 millim. *171 b. Graphosia approximans. (Plate XXV. fig. 9.) Tigrioides approximans, Roths. Not. Zool. xix. p. 217 (1912). J . Head and thorax yellowish white; palpi, frons, antenna?, and legs tinged with fuscous brown; abdomen whitish, yellowish towards extremity. Fore wing rather long and narrow ; yellowish white, the costa, inner margin, and terminal area tinged with fuscous brown. Hind wing yellowish white, tinged with brown except the costal area, cell, and inner area. Underside of both wings suffused with brown, the inner areas broadly white. Hub. Dutch N. Guinea, Mt. Goliath {Meek), type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. *171c. Graphosia lactea. (Plate XXV. fig. 10.) Tigrioides lactea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 217 (1912). d". Head and thorax nearly pure white; abdomen wdiite tinged with brownish towards extremity. Fore wing yellowish white, the costal edge and terminal area towards apex slightly tinged with brown. Hind wing yellowish white, terminal area faintly tinged with brown except towards tornus. Underside of both wings suffused with pale brown, the inner areas broadly white. Rab. Dutch X. Guinea. Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. {Meek), typef d in Coll. Rothschild, Exp. 20 millim. *171 d. Graphosia polylophota, n. sp. Abdomen of male with large lateral tufts of hair towards ex- tremity, the claspers tufted with hair; fore wing with large costal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have be
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