. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. COKTi'TA. 328 middle and incurved at diseal fold and below vein 3 ; a lunulate black line before teriuen and a creniilate black terminal line ; cilia chequered whitish and fuscous at tips. Hind wing whitish, the basal half suffused with brown, the terminal half slig'htly irrorated with fuscous; an oblique minutely waved dark postmedial line; a double subterminal line, the inner line minutely waved, the outer rather diffused; a series of black lunules before termen and a crenulate blackish terminal line ; cilia with brownish
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. COKTi'TA. 328 middle and incurved at diseal fold and below vein 3 ; a lunulate black line before teriuen and a creniilate black terminal line ; cilia chequered whitish and fuscous at tips. Hind wing whitish, the basal half suffused with brown, the terminal half slig'htly irrorated with fuscous; an oblique minutely waved dark postmedial line; a double subterminal line, the inner line minutely waved, the outer rather diffused; a series of black lunules before termen and a crenulate blackish terminal line ; cilia with brownish spots at the veins. Underside brownish white ; fore wing with black spot in cell and large discoidal spot, curved waved postmedial line Avith spot at costa, subterminal patches of fuscous at costa and middle and series of blackish lunules before termen ; hind wing with small black discoidal spot, slight sinuous medial line, curved waved post- medial line, and series of blackish lumiles before termen. Ab. 1. Wings with a yellowish tinge. Hah. ? Japa^st, 16; C. China, Shanghai, 1 $, Chekiang {Fryer), 1 c?, 1 $ , Ichang (Hobson), 3 c? ; W. CmifA, Chia- kou-ho (Pratt), 1 6, Kwei-chou, 1 5, Moupin (Kricheldorf), 3 (S type. JExy. 46-58 millim. b. Hind tibise of male smoothly scaled. a^. Wings grey suffused with brown 2^>' P. Wings purplish red ruficolora. 8137. Cortyta profesta. Pericyma profesta, Christ. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 165 ; id. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 39, pi. 2. f. 10; Staud. Cat. Lej). pal. p. 241. Tericyma sacra, Staud. Iris, x. p. 298, pi. 9. f. 20 (1897). Head, thorax, and abdomen broAvn mixed with whitish; antennae blackish; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the. Fig. 83.â Cortyta â profesta, J. fore tibiae and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing, whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; a slight r2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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