. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 262 NOCTUID^. Hob. SiEREA Leone, 'Qai'k?iU-a {Fitzgerald), 1 d ; Gold Coast, Bibianaha [Spurrell), 1 c?; Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton, Sampson), 2 d", 2 $ , Sapele (Sampson), 3 d, 3 2 , Ilesha {Hum- frey), 4 $; Gaboon, Ogove K,., 1 d, co-type; Uganda, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 J. ^^t^^. 60-70 millim. Genus PARAaAEISTA. Type. Paragarista, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 255 (1906) albostriata. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long and slig
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 262 NOCTUID^. Hob. SiEREA Leone, 'Qai'k?iU-a {Fitzgerald), 1 d ; Gold Coast, Bibianaha [Spurrell), 1 c?; Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton, Sampson), 2 d", 2 $ , Sapele (Sampson), 3 d, 3 2 , Ilesha {Hum- frey), 4 $; Gaboon, Ogove K,., 1 d, co-type; Uganda, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 J. ^^t^^. 60-70 millim. Genus PARAaAEISTA. Type. Paragarista, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 255 (1906) albostriata. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long and slightly dilated at tip ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennte of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed vpith hair mixed with some scales and scale-like hairs and without distinct crests ; tibite moderately fringed with hair, the fore and hind tibife not spined ; abdomen clothed with rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell less than half length of wing; veins 3, 4, 5 from lower angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. *7385. Paragarista albostriata. Paragarista albostriata, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 255 (1906). S. Head, tegnlae, and patagia deep chocolate-brown irrorated with white; thorax orange; palpi at base, sides of frons and. Fig. 35.—Paragarista albostriata, d. \. pectus 5'ellowish white ; abdomen chocolate-brown suiTused with blue, the base orange, the anal tuft yellowish white. Fore wing. 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 Fran
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