. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 43.—Eressa siamica, (^. 0. Hind wing normal. 230. Eressa discinota. Syntomis discinota, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 13 (1879); Hmpsn. Moths Ind, i. p. 21(5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 9G. Black suffused with metallic green ; antennae white at tips ; palpi below, frons, gulae, tegulse, patagia, and lateral spots on meso- and metathorax orange; thorax below mostly orange ; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with seven orange bands in male, six in female, more or less
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 43.—Eressa siamica, (^. 0. Hind wing normal. 230. Eressa discinota. Syntomis discinota, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 13 (1879); Hmpsn. Moths Ind, i. p. 21(5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 9G. Black suffused with metallic green ; antennae white at tips ; palpi below, frons, gulae, tegulse, patagia, and lateral spots on meso- and metathorax orange; thorax below mostly orange ; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with seven orange bands in male, six in female, more or less completely in- terrupted on dorsum. Wings hyaline, with the veins and margins narrowly greenish black. Eore wing with yel- lowish hyaline streak below costa; vein 5 widely separated from 4 and approximated to 6, with a small discocellular spot between them. Hah. Assam, Xhasi Hills, Ind. Mus. & Moore Coll., type ; Tenas- SERiM. Exp. 40 Fig, 44.—Eressa discinota, (^. Genus HYALiETHEA. Hyalathea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix, p. 216 (1887). Type. woodfordi. Proboscis well developed; palpi short, porrect, thickly scaled, and hardly reaching beyond the frons ; antennce somewhat laminate ; fore femora fringed with scales on iniier side, a tuft of scales from joint of coxje and femora ; tibiis with the spurs minute. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the inner area. 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 Hampson, George Francis, 1860-1936. London : British Museum
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