. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Sl'EIUEDONIA. 347 mid tibia3 fuscous; abdomen crimson, the dorsum grey-brown towards base. Pore wing reddish brown tinged with grey; ante- medial line tine, fuscous with a leaden gloss, slightly curved ; a very large inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, its centre red- brov^n with the head filled in with black suffused with silvery blue on inner side, the upper pait of tail filled in with silvery blue and white, the mark defined by black on inner side, below, and on outer side of head, with a fine grey line inside it and whi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Sl'EIUEDONIA. 347 mid tibia3 fuscous; abdomen crimson, the dorsum grey-brown towards base. Pore wing reddish brown tinged with grey; ante- medial line tine, fuscous with a leaden gloss, slightly curved ; a very large inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, its centre red- brov^n with the head filled in with black suffused with silvery blue on inner side, the upper pait of tail filled in with silvery blue and white, the mark defined by black on inner side, below, and on outer side of head, with a fine grey line inside it and whitish beyond it on outer side of head, the outer side of tail and inner side of head defined by a waved white line ; postmedial line dark brown, arising below costa, excurved round the discoidal mark, then oblique to inner margin towards which it is dilated; two. Fig. CiD. — Speiredoiiia t/hiiicetivei/s, c? . \. curved, waved silvery-blue subterminal lines, the inner arising below costa, the outer at vein 7, with a cupreous gloss between and just beyond them ; two waved black lines before termen. Hind wing reddish brown tinged with grey, the costal area to beyond middle and the inner area pale scarlet; a blackish discoidal point; a strong black-brown medial line with a slighter brown line beyond it; two waved postmedial lines, silvery blue except towards coata; two waved subterminal lines, the inner with silvery blue spots on it except towards costa ; two waved black lines before termen. Underside of both wings scarlet with small black discoidal spots, curved maculate medial and postmedial lines, and the hind wing with subterminal series of black 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936
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