. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. VEYMERIA.—ARROTHIA. 585 hair; frons with Mhite spots at sides and orange spot below frontal prominence ; thorax orange, with black lateral si)ots on teguUe; pectus and legs black ; throat orange ; the coxa; and spots on tibiaj and tarsi \^ hite ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots, the last two segments and ventral surface banded black and white. Fore w'iug orange, tinged with red on basal inner area; the costal. Fig. 250.— Veymcria athcnc, §. \. and terminal areas black, the inner edge of latter i-unning oblique
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. VEYMERIA.—ARROTHIA. 585 hair; frons with Mhite spots at sides and orange spot below frontal prominence ; thorax orange, with black lateral si)ots on teguUe; pectus and legs black ; throat orange ; the coxa; and spots on tibiaj and tarsi \^ hite ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots, the last two segments and ventral surface banded black and white. Fore w'iug orange, tinged with red on basal inner area; the costal. Fig. 250.— Veymcria athcnc, §. \. and terminal areas black, the inner edge of latter i-unning obliquely from below middle of costa to submedian fold near termen, then erect; a large somewhat quadrate ])alo orange postmedial spot below costa, an oval spot between veins 8 and 5, and small s])ots on veins 2 and 1 ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing orange, tinged with red towards base; a broad terminal black l)and with sinuous inner edge, small subterminal pale orange spots on veins (5, 4, 2, 1; cilia white at apex and towards tornus. Hah. Germ. E. Africa, Tanganyika, in Coll. Iiothschild. Exp. 62 raillim. Genus Type. Arrothia, Joril. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 4u (18%) hicolor. Proboscis fully developed ; ])ulpi upturned, tlic2iul joint Iriiiged with sparse long liair in front, the JJrd long, naked, and soniewlmt porrect; frons with long corneous spine truncate at extremity; antenna' of tVnnnlc nearly simple, dis- tinetly dilated towards extremity ; libiic fringed with rough liair above. Fore wing with veins ','> and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from ujtper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the aerole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 6 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; (i, 7 from upper angle. *10r). Arrothia bicolor. Arrothia bicohr, Roths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. If., pi. 14. f. 20 (1806). 2 . Head black; thorax orange fulvous ; abdomen orange ; pectus, legs, last two segments of abdomen and ventral sur
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