. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 828 NOCTtriD^. Genus ABACENA. Type Abaceiia, Wlk. xxxiv. 1270 (1865) discalis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint extending about the length of head and fringed with rather long hair above towards extremity, the 3rd short; frons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibias smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 828 NOCTtriD^. Genus ABACENA. Type Abaceiia, Wlk. xxxiv. 1270 (1865) discalis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint extending about the length of head and fringed with rather long hair above towards extremity, the 3rd short; frons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibias smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the black-brown area extending to base on inner half discalis. B. Fore wing with the black-brown area not extending to accincta. 5504. Abacena discalis. Abacena discalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1270 (18(i5). Bivula palliceps, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 120. f. 2 (1874). 2 . Head, tegulse, and prothorax ochreous tinged -with rufous, the rest of thorax very dark red-brown ; abdomen dark red-brown with a little ochreous white at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Pore wing with the costal area ochreous tinged with rufous, the rest of wing to postmedial line very dark red-brown with slightly sinuous upper edge ; the terminal area ochreous suffused with rufous; antemedial. Fig. 95.—Abacena discalis, §. f. line represented by a dark striga from costa; postmedial line whitish, sinuous; subterminal line represented by a series of obscure dark spots, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved below vein 3; an indistinct oblique dark shade from apex ; a black terminal line. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia ochreous white; the underside g
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