. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. M131EUSEM1A. 611 below cell; a medial spot on subcostal nervure, and a somewhat triangular spot from discal fold in cell to submedian fold; a patch beyoud the cell from vein 10 to just below 3, its outer edge waved and excurved below vein 5; cilia white at apex and torn us ; sub- basal silvery-blue spots below costa and above vein 1 ; medial spots in and below cell and on vein 1 ; a discoidal bar; the postmedial line curved from costa to vein 3, then strongly re
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. M131EUSEM1A. 611 below cell; a medial spot on subcostal nervure, and a somewhat triangular spot from discal fold in cell to submedian fold; a patch beyoud the cell from vein 10 to just below 3, its outer edge waved and excurved below vein 5; cilia white at apex and torn us ; sub- basal silvery-blue spots below costa and above vein 1 ; medial spots in and below cell and on vein 1 ; a discoidal bar; the postmedial line curved from costa to vein 3, then strongly retracted; some sppts towards tornus. Hind wing black-brown ; an orange patch on inner area extending from base to beyond middle and at base to costa; a pale yellow rounded spot beyond the cell betweeen veins 7 and 3, with sinuous outer edge ; cilia tipped with white. Hah. ^ {Watson), 1 c?, 1 ? type. Exp., c? 50, 5 56 millim. 141. Mimeusemia ceylonica. Mimeusemia ceylonica, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 89. pi. 157. f- 24 (1893); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 160. 2 . Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi at base and extremity of 2nd joint, frons and vertex of head pale yellow; patagia with yellow patches; pectus and legs orange, fore and mid tibiae with black spots, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen orange, with basal triangular black patch including the dorsal crests ; sublateral series of four spots. Fore wing deep chocolate; a triangular yellowish-white antemedial spot in and below cell: a medial point. Fig. 266,—Mimeusemia ceylonica $. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) on subcostal nervure, and an oblique patch from discal fold in cell to submedian fold; an oblique somewhat lunulate patch beyond the cell between veins 8 and 3; diffused silvery-blue streaks of scales below basal half of costa and above vein 1; a spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar; a postmedial line, interrupted in places, curved from costa to vein 3, then strongly retracted; termen irrorated with
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