. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. VEYMERIA. ARROTHIA. 585 hair; frons with white spots at sides and orange spot below frontal prominence ; thorax orange, with black lateral spots on tegula); pectus and legs black; throat orange ; the coxae and spots on tibiae and tarsi white ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots, the last two segments and ventral surface banded black and white. Pore wing orange, tinged with red on basal inner area; the costal. Fig. 250.— Veymeria athene, 5. \. and
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. VEYMERIA. ARROTHIA. 585 hair; frons with white spots at sides and orange spot below frontal prominence ; thorax orange, with black lateral spots on tegula); pectus and legs black; throat orange ; the coxae and spots on tibiae and tarsi white ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots, the last two segments and ventral surface banded black and white. Pore wing orange, tinged with red on basal inner area; the costal. Fig. 250.— Veymeria athene, 5. \. and terminal areas black, the inner edge of latter running obliquely from below middle of costa to submedian fold near termen, then erect; a large somewhat quadrate pale orange postmedial spot below costa, an oval spot between veins 3 and 5, and small spots on veins 2 and 1; cilia white at apex. Hind wing orange, tinged with red towards base; a broad terminal black band with sinuous inner edge, small subterminal pale orange spots on veins 6, 4, 2,1; cilia white at apex and towards tornus. Hah. Germ. E. Africa, Tanganyika, in Coll. llothschild. Exjp. 62 millim. Genus ARROTHIA. Type. Arrothia, Jord. Nov. Zool. hi. p. 46 (1896) bicolor. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with sparse long hair in front, the 3rd long, naked, and somewhat porrect; frons with long corneous spine truncate at extremity; antennce of female nearly simple, dis- tinctly dilated towards extremity ; tibiae fringed with rough hair above. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from iijoper 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 ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle- *106. Arrothia bicolor. Arrothia bicolor, Eoths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 46, pi. 14. f. 20 (1896). $ . Head black; thorax orange fulvous ; abdomen orange ; pectus, legs, last tw
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