. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NEPHELODES.—POLIODES. 359 Graphiphora suhdohns. Wlk. x. 405 (lS5fi). Mo7iosca subnotuta, Wlk. Cliar. Uiidescr. Het. p. 29 (18G9). Head and thorax bright rufous with a purplisli tinge; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Pore wing pale rufous suffused with rosy purplish, the area between the medial and postmedial lines deep rufous except costal and inner areas: subbasal line represented by a pale striga on costa : ante- medial line oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace; medial line rathe
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NEPHELODES.—POLIODES. 359 Graphiphora suhdohns. Wlk. x. 405 (lS5fi). Mo7iosca subnotuta, Wlk. Cliar. Uiidescr. Het. p. 29 (18G9). Head and thorax bright rufous with a purplisli tinge; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Pore wing pale rufous suffused with rosy purplish, the area between the medial and postmedial lines deep rufous except costal and inner areas: subbasal line represented by a pale striga on costa : ante- medial line oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace; medial line rather diffused, oblique, excurved in cell; orbicular and reniform of the ground-colour, well developed, the former rounded, very indistinctly defined ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale. Fig. 94.—Ncphelodes cmmedonia, ^ \. points beyond it on costa; subterminal line more or less strongly defined by fuscous on inner side, minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of minute points sometimes present. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown, rather more strongly towax'ds termen; the cilia pinkish ; the underside yellowish more or less strongly tinged with pink, a dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. violans. Head, thorax, and fore wing more purjile and without the red tones. Hah. {Norman), 1 J, 1 $, Nova Scotia {Redman)^ 2 c?, 1 § ; AV. Canada, Orilla (Bush), 3 c? type, expansa; , E. States, 5 c?, 3 $ , type violans. New York, 1 $ , Hlinois, 1 $ , Virginia; hab. ign. 1 S type subdolens, 1 2 type suhnotata. Exp. 40-58 millim. Larva. Head dark brown, unmarked. Body uniformly cylin- drical, grey-brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines broad, straight, pale yellow; sides paler, with a faint diffuse pale lateral line. Sub- stigmatal band broad, even, pale yellow, the subventral region and venter pale. Feet black at base. Feeds on grass, etc.—
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