. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. CISTHENE.—AGLOSSOSIA. 24-7 521. Cisthene trisigna. (Plate XXV. fig. 12.) Cisthene (risigna, Wlk. ii. .334 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. Head, tegulae, and patagia orange; antennae and j^atches on vertex of head and patagia fuscous ; thorax and the greater part of legs fuscous ; abdomen orange, with dorsal fuscous fascia. Fore wing brownish fuscous, with short orange-yellow fascia from base below the cell and somewhat triangular spot at lower angle of cell; a subtermiual baud not reaching costa or inner margin, bent in- ward
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. CISTHENE.—AGLOSSOSIA. 24-7 521. Cisthene trisigna. (Plate XXV. fig. 12.) Cisthene (risigna, Wlk. ii. .334 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. Head, tegulae, and patagia orange; antennae and j^atches on vertex of head and patagia fuscous ; thorax and the greater part of legs fuscous ; abdomen orange, with dorsal fuscous fascia. Fore wing brownish fuscous, with short orange-yellow fascia from base below the cell and somewhat triangular spot at lower angle of cell; a subtermiual baud not reaching costa or inner margin, bent in- wards and expanding below apex. Hind wing orange-yellow, with black fascia on costa and a broad terminal band indented between veins 5 and 2 by a sinus of the ground-colour. Hub. Venezuela, 1 c? , 1 $ type. Exp. 24: millim. Genus AGLOSSOSIA, nov. Type, A. flavimnrginata. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, slight, not reaching as far as frons, which has a large rounded prominence; anteunje of male minutely serrate, with bristles and cilia ; fore tibite with long claw on inner side and sliort claw on outer; tibiii; with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa arched towards apex; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from before angle; 4, 5 from angle; B from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from 8 beyond 9; 10, 11 free, 11 curved. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; o, 4 stalked ; 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 522. Aglossosia flavimarginata, n. sp. S. Head, tegulae, and patagia orange; frons and antennoe blackish ; thorax greyish ; legs orange, streaked with black ; abdo- men grey, with segmental lines and the extremity orange. Fore. Fig. 161.—Aglossosia Jlavimarginata, (^. \. wing grey, with the margins rather broadly and cilia orange: costa black towards base. Hind wing orange, with the costal area fuscous and more or less fuscous suffusion on disk. Hah. Natal, Mooi E., 1 6 type, Newcastle,
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