. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 326 KocTtriD-aE. 4755. Sesamia coniota. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 19.) Sesamia coniota, Hnipsn. Ann S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 297 (1902). Head and thorax ochreous white with a faint rufous tinge ; palpi fuscous, pale at tips; fore legs above, the spurs of mid and hind tibiae and the extremities of tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous with a faint rufous tinge and sparsely irrorated Avith black ; an antemedial black point in pubmedian fold; traces of a black discoidal point; a curved post- medial seri
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 326 KocTtriD-aE. 4755. Sesamia coniota. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 19.) Sesamia coniota, Hnipsn. Ann S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 297 (1902). Head and thorax ochreous white with a faint rufous tinge ; palpi fuscous, pale at tips; fore legs above, the spurs of mid and hind tibiae and the extremities of tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous with a faint rufous tinge and sparsely irrorated Avith black ; an antemedial black point in pubmedian fold; traces of a black discoidal point; a curved post- medial series of black points on the veins, ending with a point nearer base in submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous. Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {MarsJiall, Bobbie), 4 J , 1 ? type ; C. Colony, Anushaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 d . Bay. 18-24 millim. Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectiuate with extremely short branches, the apex serrate. A. (Microsemyra). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked in male, from cell in female. 4756. Sesamia pallida I, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 155 Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi tinged with fuscous above Microsemyra pallida, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 155; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. Fig. 143.— Sesamia pallida, J. \. abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with a few fuscous scales ; an antemedial black point in submedian fold ; traces of an obliquely curved postraedial series of points on the veins with more prominent black points before them in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of slight black points ; cilia with a slight dark line near base. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous. Bab. Bombay, Mhow (SivinJioe), 1 d", 1 $ type. Exp. d 22, 2 24 millim. B. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell in both sexes. a. Fore wing with ante-and postmedial dentate lines rvhritincta. b. Fore wing wi
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