. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 17G ;. ?4521). Elyina iiiconspicua. (Plate CXLI. fig. 23.) Cosmia inconspicua, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 210 (190<)). $ . Head white; palpi tinged with brown except at base in front; trons brown ; antennie tinged with brown ; thorax pale reddish othrcous sparsely irrorated witli large black scales; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen reddish ochreous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated Avith black scales, the costal area white to beyond mid
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 17G ;. ?4521). Elyina iiiconspicua. (Plate CXLI. fig. 23.) Cosmia inconspicua, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 210 (190<)). $ . Head white; palpi tinged with brown except at base in front; trons brown ; antennie tinged with brown ; thorax pale reddish othrcous sparsely irrorated witli large black scales; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen reddish ochreous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated Avith black scales, the costal area white to beyond middle; anteraedial line diffused, fuscous, bent inwards to costa; a small brownish discoidal spot; postmedial line difl'used, fuscous, obli([ue from costa to vein 6 just beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique; a very indistinct dentate brown subtcrminal line, bent inwards to costa; a series of slight blackish points just before terraen ; cilia fuscous with a reddish ochreous line at base. Hind wing ochreous yellow, the termen slightly tinged with rufous; cilia yellowish at base, with brownish line at middle and white tips ; the underside yellowish white, the a])ipal area slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, an oblique brown postmedial line from costa to vein 6. Hah. Ee. New Guixea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type "f 5 in Coll. Bcthunc- Baker. Exp. 34 niillim. 4530. Elydna transversa. Elydna transversa, Wlk. sv. 1713 (1858); Ilnq^sn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 321. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line slight, dark,. Fig. 60.—Elydna transversa, cT. }• oblique, from costa to submcdian fold; antcmedial line durk brown, very oblique, straight ; a dark line on discocellulars ; postmedial line dark brown, oblique from costa to vein G, then slightly incurved ; subtcrminal line dark brown, oblique from costa to vein 6 and ending at tornus ; a fin
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