. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CERTNEA. 223 strongly incurved, a white streak from its angle to termen ; sub- terminal line white and oblique from costa to vein 6 where it terminates; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale rufous ; postmedial line slight, whitish, excurved from costa to. Fig. 58.— Ccrynea fissilinea, S. \. vein 4, then incurved; traces of a curved whitish subterminal line with some black irroration on its outer edge, incurved at submediaii fold; a terminal series of black points ; the underside grey-white faintly tinged with ruf


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CERTNEA. 223 strongly incurved, a white streak from its angle to termen ; sub- terminal line white and oblique from costa to vein 6 where it terminates; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale rufous ; postmedial line slight, whitish, excurved from costa to. Fig. 58.— Ccrynea fissilinea, S. \. vein 4, then incurved; traces of a curved whitish subterminal line with some black irroration on its outer edge, incurved at submediaii fold; a terminal series of black points ; the underside grey-white faintly tinged with rufous, a rufous discoidal bar and terminal series of blackish points. Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 6 type. Si'j?. 22 millira. 5342. Cerynea porphyrea, n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 21.) cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous ; the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing- rufous slightly irrorated with black; traces of an inwardly oblique sinuous black antemedial line; a small black discoidal spot; post- medial line black and oblique from costa to vein 6, then faint, whitish slightly defined on inner side by brown and incurved below vein 4 ; traces of a rather punctiform whitish subterminal line with some whitish beyond it at apex ; a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing rufous ; a slight fuscous discoidal point; post- medial line faint, whitish slightly defined on each side by brown, oblique, straight; a terminal series of black points; the underside white tinged with flesh pink, a black discoidal point. Hah. Madagascak, Betsileo (Cojwaji), 3 S type. ^a;^?. 22 millim. 5343. Cerynea indecisa. (Plate CLV. fig. 22.) Acontia indecisa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 50 (1864). 5. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales. Pore wing yellow irrorated with a few black scales : a subbasal blackish point in cell; a small antemedial blackish spot just below costa; a bla


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