. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 462 ARCTIAD^. crimson patch; fore coxae and femora crimson ; abdomen dorsally crimson, banded with black except at base, the ventral surface black. Pore wing black, creamy-white subbasal and medial rounded spots in cell extending to just below the cell; two similar conjoined discoidal spots ; a sinuous subterminal series of small spots, the spot above vein 5 displaced inwards. Hind wing crimson^ the base, termen, and cilia black. Hah. Madagascak, 4 6 type luctif
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 462 ARCTIAD^. crimson patch; fore coxae and femora crimson ; abdomen dorsally crimson, banded with black except at base, the ventral surface black. Pore wing black, creamy-white subbasal and medial rounded spots in cell extending to just below the cell; two similar conjoined discoidal spots ; a sinuous subterminal series of small spots, the spot above vein 5 displaced inwards. Hind wing crimson^ the base, termen, and cilia black. Hah. Madagascak, 4 6 type luctifera. Ex]p. 38 Genus EUARCTIA. Type. Carcinopyga, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 2 (1874), non descr.; Hrapsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 492 (1896) lichenigera. Euarctia, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. xlviii. p. 79 (1887) proserpina. Proboscis aborted; palpi porrect to just beyond frons ; anteunge of female simple; tibia3 with the spurs- short; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole and emitted together ; J1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 6 from close to angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from before middle of cell. A. Hind wing scarlet lichenigera. B. Hind wing ochreous proserpina. *2057. Euarctia Carcinopyga lichenigera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 101. f. 3 (1874); Hmpsn. Moths ind. ii. p. 36, & iv. p. 492 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 911. 5. Head and thorax grey-brown; antennae black; abdomen crimson above, black at sides, the black expanding dorsally on. Fig. 202.—Euarctia lichenigera, J • t- (From Moths Ind. iv. f. 260.) terminal segment. Fore wing yellow-grey irrorated with black ; the base yellow ; five transverse yellow bands with waved edges, the postmedial band excurved round end of cell. Hind wing crimson ; a black spot at end of cell; two elongate subterminal patches and a small spot above vein 1. Hah. Himala
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