. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 192.—Caridarctia alhicancellata, (^. \. base with pink points at the veins, white at tips. Hind wing with the basal and inner areas bright pink; a pink discoidal lunule ; a curved ochreous-white postmedial line, pinkish at costa ; cilia pink. Hab. Argentina, Buenos Ayres (LeecJi), 2 c^ . Evp. 56 millim. Genus CREMNOPHORA, nov. Tj'pe, C. angasi. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint modei-ate ; frons with oblique truncate ellipt
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 192.—Caridarctia alhicancellata, (^. \. base with pink points at the veins, white at tips. Hind wing with the basal and inner areas bright pink; a pink discoidal lunule ; a curved ochreous-white postmedial line, pinkish at costa ; cilia pink. Hab. Argentina, Buenos Ayres (LeecJi), 2 c^ . Evp. 56 millim. Genus CREMNOPHORA, nov. Tj'pe, C. angasi. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint modei-ate ; frons with oblique truncate elliptical prominence; antenuge of male bipectinate with rather long branches. Head and thorax clothed with rough scales, and with a crest on metathorax ; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell, b from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short areole; 11 free. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 froui upper angle; 8 from before middle of cell; termen of both wings crenulate. 2048. Cremnophora angasi. Apina angasii, Wlk. iii. 757 (1855); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 442. Black ; palpi and tufts above the eyes white and pink ; antennae. Fig. 193.—Cremnophora angasi, (^. \. pale fulvous; thorax irrorated with white; white patches on patagia, a pink tuft on prothorax, and a large tuft on metathorax ; legs irrorated with white; abdomen with ventral white bands, slightly developed on dorsum on last two segments. Fore wing strongly. 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 Hampson, George Francis, 1860-1936. London : British Museum
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