. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. /. .^r^^ Fig. 59.—CvrytJmrus nocturna, J. series of small black lunules; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark fuscous brown with a slight reddish gloss; the underside rather paler except terminal area, a black discoidal luuule and curved postmedial line, 5. Greyer with very slight rufous tinge; fore wing with the antemedial area black from costa to submedian fold, the postmedial area black from costa to vein 3. TIah. Ceylon, Colombo {Green), 1 S type, Udagama {Green), 1 $ . Exp., S 54, $ 44 milKm. Ge
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. /. .^r^^ Fig. 59.—CvrytJmrus nocturna, J. series of small black lunules; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark fuscous brown with a slight reddish gloss; the underside rather paler except terminal area, a black discoidal luuule and curved postmedial line, 5. Greyer with very slight rufous tinge; fore wing with the antemedial area black from costa to submedian fold, the postmedial area black from costa to vein 3. TIah. Ceylon, Colombo {Green), 1 S type, Udagama {Green), 1 $ . Exp., S 54, $ 44 milKm. Genus OLIGIA. Type. Hiibn. Verz. p. 213 (1827) strigilis. Miana, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 11 (1829) Utcrosa. Fhotedes, Led, Noct. Eur. pp. 44 & 189 (185?) cccptmncida. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short, blunt, naked; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennte of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and raetathorax with spreading crests; tibice moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests on basal segments. Fore wing triangular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved; veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 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, bart. , 1860-1936. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees
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