. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 374 ?rOCTUlDJE. crimson especiallj' on iuiier area; a slight black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a strong oblique black antemedial line bent inwards to costa; a large elliptical discoidal ocellus extending to submedian fold, its centre olive-brown with black patch in upper part and some raised silvery white scales on the veins, and with creamy annulus defined below by olive-brown then by a black ring, strongest below; postmedial line black, very oblique from costa to vein 7, then dentate, slightly incurved belo
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 374 ?rOCTUlDJE. crimson especiallj' on iuiier area; a slight black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a strong oblique black antemedial line bent inwards to costa; a large elliptical discoidal ocellus extending to submedian fold, its centre olive-brown with black patch in upper part and some raised silvery white scales on the veins, and with creamy annulus defined below by olive-brown then by a black ring, strongest below; postmedial line black, very oblique from costa to vein 7, then dentate, slightly incurved below vein 2, and followed by a strong white-irrorated black dentate slightly curved subterminal line; two fine highly waved black lines just before termen. Hind wing yellowish suffused with crimson; a minutely waved black postmedial line followed by a lunulate band suffused with blue ; two highly waved fine black lines just before termen. Underside yellowish; fore wing with black discoidal patch and subterminal waved line expanding into conjoined spots below costa; hind wing with black postmedial band with waved outer edge. Hah. N, , Cobar, type t in Coll. Turner. Exp. 48millim. 7484. Niguza spiramioides. Isiguza spiramioides, Wlk. xv. 1855 (1858). Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous sufTused with pale red- brown ; tegulsB edged \\\{\\ fuscous, the abdomen with faint dark. Fig. 76.—IS'icuza »piramiuides, (^. \. eegmental lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown; a faint dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line fuscous, excurved in submedian interspace ; a large round discoidal ocellus, yellow defined by fuscous, its centre black above, red-brown below with series of white points on the veins ; medial line fuscous, excurved from costa round the ocellus to vein 1, then erect to inner margin ; postmedial line fuscous, diffused on inner sido to vein 6, angled outwards at vein 7,. Please note that these images are
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