. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. PH^OTIIRrPA. MEGATHTIIPA. 319 hlack beliinfl except at extremity, the 3rcl blMckish ; abdomen grey tinged with brown ; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Pore wing purplish fuscous, darker towards base, a diffused white patch at middle of inner ana; faint traces of. Fig. 113.—rhcEoihripa morena, (£. \. a curved antcmedial line; a point of raised dark scales at middle of cell and two points at discocellulars ; ])ostmedial line formed of minute white sti'ite with minute brown marks before
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. PH^OTIIRrPA. MEGATHTIIPA. 319 hlack beliinfl except at extremity, the 3rcl blMckish ; abdomen grey tinged with brown ; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Pore wing purplish fuscous, darker towards base, a diffused white patch at middle of inner ana; faint traces of. Fig. 113.—rhcEoihripa morena, (£. \. a curved antcmedial line; a point of raised dark scales at middle of cell and two points at discocellulars ; ])ostmedial line formed of minute white sti'ite with minute brown marks before them at vein 6 and discal fold, bent outwards below oosta and very oblicjue from discal fold to the patch at middle of inner area; a subterminal series of blackish points, oblique towards costa and below vein 4 ; H terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing brown. Hub. Pkrak, Goping {Kiimtler)^ 1 5 ; Borneo, Sarawak, 1 2 type, Kuching (Shelford), 2 c?, Sandakan (Pri/er), 1 (S. Exji. 24-28 millim. Genus MEGATHRIPA, nov. Type, M. rnfirncdia. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reacbing to middle of frons, tbe iJrd moderate; t'rons suiooth ; e3'es hii'ge, round ; antennse of female ciliated; tborax clothed almost entirely witii scales, tlie prothorax without crest, tbe metatborax with divided crest; tibire slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terraen evenly curved aud not crenulate ; veins 3 iiud 5 From near angle of cell; T) from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 iVoui cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; f) fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 6624, Megathripa rufimedia Sarrothripa rufimedia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 429 (1905). 5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black; palpi white in front; pectus white; legs ochreous white with some black and brown irroration, th
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