. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 320 NOCTUID^. brown ; abclomen l)rowni9h ochroous. Fore wing pale purplish rufous, the veins detiiied by slight brown streaks except on inner area; a slight ditl'used brown mark at lower angle of cell; an oblique postiuedial series of slight dark points on veins 4 to 1 ; a faint oblique brownish fascia from termen below apex to vein 4;. Fig. 130.—Acrapex prisca, (^. \. a terminal series of black points ; cilia with brown line at middle and tips. Hind wing yellowish white slightly tinged with brown ; cilia yellowish white with f
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 320 NOCTUID^. brown ; abclomen l)rowni9h ochroous. Fore wing pale purplish rufous, the veins detiiied by slight brown streaks except on inner area; a slight ditl'used brown mark at lower angle of cell; an oblique postiuedial series of slight dark points on veins 4 to 1 ; a faint oblique brownish fascia from termen below apex to vein 4;. Fig. 130.—Acrapex prisca, (^. \. a terminal series of black points ; cilia with brown line at middle and tips. Hind wing yellowish white slightly tinged with brown ; cilia yellowish white with faint brown line at middle. Ab. ]. Fore and hind wings much more suffused with brown. Hub. Tr.^.vancore, Pirmild {Imraij), 1 $ : Ceylox, 3 $ type and type cramboides, Pundaloya (Green), 3 2 » Hakgalla {Green), 2 J. Exp. 30-38 millim, 4747. Acrapex carnea. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 15.) Acrapcx carnea, Ilmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. iii. p. 427 (). cJ. Head and thorax brown slightly mixed wnth ochreous; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen oclireous suffused with brown. Fore wing ochi-eous tinged with rufous; a brown streak on median nei-vure except at base; slight black streaks in and beyond lower angle of cell and a point at upper angle ; a whitish fascia in terminal half of cell and thence obliquely curved to apex; traces of an oblique postmedial series of dark points on veins 4 to 1; a brown shade from termen below apex with very slight dark streaks on its inner edge above and below vein 5 ; traces of a terminal series of black points; cilia white tinged with brown and with faint brown line at middle. Hind| wing whitish suffused with bro\\ ii, paler at base ; cilia white tinged with brown and with faint brown line near base ; the undersidej whitish suffused with fuscous brown. Hub. Basctoland, Mackacha, 10,000' {Craivshay), 2 ^ type Exp. 28-30 millim. 4748. Acrapex roseotincta, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 16.) $. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown
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