. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MIMOUES, 405 prothorax with a bar, the patagia with an oblique stripe at base; pectus and legs gre)', the pectus in front yellow tinged with crimson, the femora and fore tibiae in front"^ tinged with crimson- abdomen crimson, the extremity greyish, the ventral surface whitish tinged with yellow and crimson. Fore wing orange-yellow, usually more or less suffused with crimson, and more or less thickly mottled with red-brown; a more or less distinct oblique dark streak from middle of costa to termen at vein 2 with traces
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MIMOUES, 405 prothorax with a bar, the patagia with an oblique stripe at base; pectus and legs gre)', the pectus in front yellow tinged with crimson, the femora and fore tibiae in front"^ tinged with crimson- abdomen crimson, the extremity greyish, the ventral surface whitish tinged with yellow and crimson. Fore wing orange-yellow, usually more or less suffused with crimson, and more or less thickly mottled with red-brown; a more or less distinct oblique dark streak from middle of costa to termen at vein 2 with traces of an oblique line from it at median nervure to inner margin; small white spots defined by black on upper and lower discocellulars and a spot beyond lower angle of cell which is either round, elliptical, or rather triangular ; traces of a curved line beyond the cell, a postmedial line, and of a subterrainal %^ V â " '' "'"'â¢AtiC' ?^.^. Fig. 91.âMhiiodes discolor, (^ line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia dark brown. Hind wing crimson, the cilia fulvous yellow, grey-brown towards tornus. Underside of fore wing crimson, the terminal area broadly yellow, the costa and termen mottled with purplish fuscous ; hind wing jellowish striated with purplish fuscous, the inner area crimson with some fuscous in submedian fold. Hah. SiEKRA Leone, 1 c? , 2 § ; Gold Coast {Johnston), 1 (^, Ashanti, Obuassi (Oraham), 1 § ; S. Nigeria, Lagos {Straclian), 1 2 , Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 5 , Old Calabar {Cockhum, Cromplon), 1 c?, 2 2 , Sapele (Sampson), 3 5 , Ilesha (Humfrei/), i 2 5 Uga>^da, Ketoma (Daggett), 1 2 'â > LoKireuKSE S. ArracA ( JVooIli- croft), 1 $; Natal, Durban. A'.r^?. 82-0f> 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). Dep
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