. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 96 NOCTUIDiE. Genus GROTELLA. Grutdla, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 278 (1874). Type. scpfempiinctata. Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, the 2nd joint upturned and moderately scaled, the 3rd porrect, naked ; frons with large hollowed-out process with corneous walls, and with obliquelj- truncate central process hollowed out in front; eyes smooth, not ciliated ; antenna' simple, laminate in both sexes ; fore tibia^ with long curved claw, and two slender spines on inner side at extremity and short claw on outer si
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 96 NOCTUIDiE. Genus GROTELLA. Grutdla, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 278 (1874). Type. scpfempiinctata. Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, the 2nd joint upturned and moderately scaled, the 3rd porrect, naked ; frons with large hollowed-out process with corneous walls, and with obliquelj- truncate central process hollowed out in front; eyes smooth, not ciliated ; antenna' simple, laminate in both sexes ; fore tibia^ with long curved claw, and two slender spines on inner side at extremity and short claw on outer side ; mid tibia; strongly sj^ined ; hind tibisB with slight spine between the medial and terminal spurs; abdomen, and wings smoothly scaled. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; D from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent fi-om middle of discocellulars ; 0, 7 shortly stalked. A. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial series of small black spots ^^epfciupitncfata. B. Fore wing wholly white clis. 152, Grotella septempunctata. Grofella septeinpunctata, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 278 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 266. Head and thorax pure white ; palpi and frons black-brown; antenuie yellow ; tibioB and tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown, tinged with yellowish white. Fore wing almost pure white; the costal edge black towards base; subbasal black points below costa and cell; small antemedial black spots on costa, in submedian fold, and on inner margin, the spot in the fold slightly nearer the. Fig. 31.—GroieUa septempunctata, (^. ]. base ; small postmedial black spots on costa, discocellulars, in sub- median fold and on inner margin. Hind wing white, the apical area to the discocellulars and vein 3 tinged with fuscous brown. Underside of fore wing, except the inner area and cilia, and the costal area of hind wing fuscous brown. Hub. U
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