. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. EEESSA. -HTAL^THEA. 123 B. Hind wing very small, the termen evenly curved. 229. Eressa siamica, Synfomis siamica, Wlk. xxxi. 70 (18G4); ivirby, Cat. Het. p. 97. c?, Black; antennae white at tips ; frons, tegula?, patagia, and patches on thorax above and below orange; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with seven orange bands. Fore wing with an orange patch below base of cell and streak on inner margin; a large hj-aline patch in end of cell; another below end of cell and vein 2; a spot above vein 2, a spot above vein 6, and
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. EEESSA. -HTAL^THEA. 123 B. Hind wing very small, the termen evenly curved. 229. Eressa siamica, Synfomis siamica, Wlk. xxxi. 70 (18G4); ivirby, Cat. Het. p. 97. c?, Black; antennae white at tips ; frons, tegula?, patagia, and patches on thorax above and below orange; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with seven orange bands. Fore wing with an orange patch below base of cell and streak on inner margin; a large hj-aline patch in end of cell; another below end of cell and vein 2; a spot above vein 2, a spot above vein 6, and two between veins 3 and 5; cilia white below apex. Hind wing with orange patch below the cell and two specks between veins 2 and 5. Hub. SiAM (Pfeiffer), 1 d type. Kvjf>. 24 Fig. 43.—Eressa siamica, (J. 0. Hind wing normal. 230. Eressa discinota. Syntomis discinota, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. lo (1879); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 216 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 9(3, Black suffused with metallic green ; antennae white at tips ; palpi below, frons, guloe, tegulae, patagia, and lateral spots on meso- and metathorax orange; thorax below mostly orange ; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with seven orange bands in male, six in female, more or less completely in- terrupted on dorsum. Wings hyaline, with the veins and margins narrowly greenish black. Fore wing with yel- lowish hyaline streak below costa; vein 5 widely separated from 4 and approximated to 6, with a small discocellular spot between them. Hah. Assam, Khasi Hills, Ind. Mus. & Moore Coll., type ; Tenas- SEEIM. Eay. 40 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 order of the Trustees
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