. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 414 ARCTIADJS. Sbct. II. Anfennip of male ciliated. A. Foro wiiii,' witli the ground-colour scarlet sanguiuea. B. Fore wiug with liie grouud-colour yellow ni. 879. Melanaema sanguinea, n, sp. J. Head, thorax, and abdomen briji;ht scarlet; frons, vertex of head, tegulne, patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots. Fore wing scarlet suffused with fuscous black, the ground-colour appearing as streaks on the veins of basal area; an antcmedial ¥\(>.—Melanoma sanguinea, (S. \. band bent inwards at costa and constricted in
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 414 ARCTIADJS. Sbct. II. Anfennip of male ciliated. A. Foro wiiii,' witli the ground-colour scarlet sanguiuea. B. Fore wiug with liie grouud-colour yellow ni. 879. Melanaema sanguinea, n, sp. J. Head, thorax, and abdomen briji;ht scarlet; frons, vertex of head, tegulne, patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots. Fore wing scarlet suffused with fuscous black, the ground-colour appearing as streaks on the veins of basal area; an antcmedial ¥\(>.—Melanoma sanguinea, (S. \. band bent inwards at costa and constricted in cell; more or less prominent", traces of a posLmedial band, and slight streaks on the veins of terminal area. Hind wing bright scarlet, with more or less prominent fuscous suffusion in terminal intersj^aces ; the cilia black from apex to towards tornus. 5 duller scarlet; head, thorax, and fore wing irrorated with fuscous; fore wing with the costa and cilia black ; antemedial, medial, and postmelial fuscous lines, the two former slightly sinuous, the last retracted to casta ; some obscure subteruiinal patches. IJah. N. Guinea, Kapaur (DoJierttf), 1 2, Fergusson I. (Meeh), 2 d, type. , d 24, $ 28 miliim. *880. Melanaema ni. (Plate XXIX. fig. 15.) Lyclene ni. Heyl. C. R. Soc. Eiit. Beige, xxxv. p. 415 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 914. $ . Yellow; shoulders and patagia with black points. Fore wing with subbasal black spot ; the costal edge black towards base, with sliglit crimson streak below it; a crimson fascia below the cell to the oblique antemedial line, which is fuscous edged witli crimson, and giving off an obliciue line in cell to join the post medial line above inner margin ; a discoidal point conjoined to the post- medial line, where it is bent outwards below costa, tlien oblique, minutely waved and edged with crimson ; a subterminal series of fuscous spots on crimson ])atches, the spots on veins 6 and 4 nearer the tcrmen. Hind wing pale yellow. Hah. Java, Bui
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