. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 1>S2 :«:. rciiilorm constrictod at iiiiints on costu towards apex ; a prominent black streak above vein 4 to the subterminal line, wliicli is jtale detined by red-brown 8ufrusion on inner side, anpled outwards at vein 7 and ^^-. Fig. •'^2.—XyHiia vdiffn. ^J. {. dentate nearly to tcrmen at veins 4, ,'3; terminal area sutliised with red-brown except at apex : a series of black points just before termen : cilia chequered ocbreousor {jreyish and black. Hind wing ochreous uniformly suffused with red-l)rown: cilia whitish
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 1>S2 :«:. rciiilorm constrictod at iiiiints on costu towards apex ; a prominent black streak above vein 4 to the subterminal line, wliicli is jtale detined by red-brown 8ufrusion on inner side, anpled outwards at vein 7 and ^^-. Fig. •'^2.—XyHiia vdiffn. ^J. {. dentate nearly to tcrmen at veins 4, ,'3; terminal area sutliised with red-brown except at apex : a series of black points just before termen : cilia chequered ocbreousor {jreyish and black. Hind wing ochreous uniformly suffused with red-l)rown: cilia whitish at ti|)s: tlie underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas sliirhtly tinp. Brit. vi. y. ."»8. pi. '1V>1. f. 2. (ireen, lateral line yellow, with a pair of confluent white black- edped dots above it on each sejjment: spiracular line red, sometimes interrupted, white-edjied below, marked by triplets of white black- erltred dots. Food-plants : Canhius, .Siletu', Ononis. &c. ~>-7. 244(;. Xylina cuivimacula. (Plate CIIL fig. 11.) Oi/ocamjM ritriiiuih Ilia. ;Morr. BiifT. Soc. Nut. Si-i. ii. p. Ittl (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 23G. Head and tenuhe ochreous tinged with rufous ; paljii, lower part of frons and lateral bars on frons iiuri)lish rufous ; thorax deep rufous ; jtatagia white at base on outer side ; jiectus and legs uelireous, rufous, and purpliah; abdomen ochreous with rufous. Fore wing pale ochreous, the inner half suffused with ]>urplish rufous, the medial costal area with rufous ; some lilack points at ba,se ; a prominent black streak below lower part of cell ; .mtemcdial line double, trij)le in cell, very strongly angled outwards. 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, Ge
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