. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. PHTLENORA. 607 Sect. II. Wings of male without patches of androco'iia. A. Fore wing narrow. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white marmorea. b. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellowish or reddish. a^. Fore wing with antemedial line a^. Fore wing with the antemedial line prominent, black, placida. b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line indistinct. a^. Fore wing without black point in middle of cell, the lines defined by whitish parvula. b^. Fore wing with black point in middle of cell, the lines not defined
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. PHTLENORA. 607 Sect. II. Wings of male without patches of androco'iia. A. Fore wing narrow. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white marmorea. b. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellowish or reddish. a^. Fore wing with antemedial line a^. Fore wing with the antemedial line prominent, black, placida. b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line indistinct. a^. Fore wing without black point in middle of cell, the lines defined by whitish parvula. b^. Fore wing with black point in middle of cell, the lines not defined by whitish bipuneta. b\ Fore wing with antemedial series of spots angled on median nervure pimctafa. c^. Fore wing with three obliquely placed antemedial black points M-nigrum. d}. Fore wing uniform ochreous, with black points in cell and on discocellulars ^ 1087. Philenora marmorea, Eiigoa marmorea, Butl. Cist. But. iii. p. 9 (1882); Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 379. 6 . Head, tegulte, and patagia brown ; thorax and abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing white; a triangular brown patch on costal area and cell from base to middle, its outer edge oblique, a black spot in lower part of cell just beyond it; a post- medial brown spot on costa extending as a triangular shade to lower angle of cell; a spot on costa before apex ; a somewhat quadrate patch on outer area from middle of Fig. 363.—Philenora marmorea, (^. |. termen to tornus, extending to lower angle of cell, en- closing a white spot at tornus, and with rather irregular edges. Hind wing whitish, slightly tinged with brown. Hah. Madagascar, Jjetsileo (foiwDi), 1 S tj-pe. ^'.r^j. 16 millim. 1088. Philenora placida. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 24.) Eugoa placida, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 10 (1882); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 379. Ochreous white, tinged with pale reddish brown ; palpi blackish at sides; metathorax with black patch ; abdomen grey towards base. Fore wing with the costal and terminal areas most strongly tinged with rufous; a
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