. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. prLcriEKiA. 21;'. Genus PULCHERIA. Type. Pidcheria. Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170 catoinelas. Proboscis fullj- developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching (o about vertex of head and moderately sealed in front, the 3rd short, porrect; Irons smooth ; eyes large, round ; autennai of male bipertinate with moderate branches, the apex simple ; tliorax clothed with hair and liair-like scales, the protliorax with sharp triangular crest; the metathorax without crest; tibiae Iringed with long hair ; abdomen with
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. prLcriEKiA. 21;'. Genus PULCHERIA. Type. Pidcheria. Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170 catoinelas. Proboscis fullj- developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching (o about vertex of head and moderately sealed in front, the 3rd short, porrect; Irons smooth ; eyes large, round ; autennai of male bipertinate with moderate branches, the apex simple ; tliorax clothed with hair and liair-like scales, the protliorax with sharp triangular crest; the metathorax without crest; tibiae Iringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments and I iteral tufts of liair on terminal segments. Fore wing with the apex rect- angular, tlie termeu crenuiato, oblique towards tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 froui 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of diseocellulars ; tl, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas- tomosing with the cell near base only. 3825. Piilcheria catomelas. rulcheric! catomdas, A\]i\\. iiiett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170; id. Rom. Mem. V. p. 173, pi. 7. if. 10, a, b; Stuud. Cut Lep. pal. p. l'12. (5. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish with some brown, the last dorsallj- tinged with fuscous leaving taint pale segmental lines. Fore wing whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line indistinctly double, angled outwards in and below cell and endiny; at submedian fold ; aiitemedial line indistinctly double and somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Printed by ord
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