. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 318 jSrOCXUIDiR. 2485. Agriopis aprilina. Noeiua aprilina, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 514 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. lis. ff. 1-3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 25 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. Noctua, runica, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 71 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 365, pi. 95. f. 5. Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale blue-green or olive- green ; sides of 1st and 2nd joints of palpi and frons black ; antennae black annulate with white; tegulae with black spo
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 318 jSrOCXUIDiR. 2485. Agriopis aprilina. Noeiua aprilina, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 514 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. lis. ff. 1-3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 25 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. Noctua, runica, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 71 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 365, pi. 95. f. 5. Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale blue-green or olive- green ; sides of 1st and 2nd joints of palpi and frons black ; antennae black annulate with white; tegulae with black spots at base of centre and sides and strong black terminal band ; patagia with black outer edges ; meso- and metathorax with paired black marks; pectus clothed with white and brown hair ; legs white banded with black ; abdomen whitish irrorated and suffused with black, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing white suft'used with pale blue-green or olive-green, rarely largelj^ suffused with black, especially on inner basal and median areas; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, slight in cell and followed by a striga from costa and cell, a patch below cell and short fascia above inner margin; a waved black antemedial line defined by white on inner side, double at costa, interrupted below costa and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform defined by black except above. 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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