. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 1 ;U) NOCTCID 2'JVJ. Leucochlaena leucocera. ( Plate XCIX. fig. 12.) liomhycia Uiu-mrrtj, llmpsn. Mollis Itul. ii. p. 207 (1894). $. Head and thorax c'Ktllicd witli f,'rcy-white and rcddisli-brown hair; antenna- wliiti-; altdomon oclirc-ous brown mixed with whitisli. Poro winp whitish tinged with 1)rown and irrorated slightly with black, the costal area whiter, the veins slightly streaked with blackish ; subbasal line re])n's»'ntcd by blackish striu> from costa and cell : antomcdial line blackish, intcrrujjtcd below cost
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 1 ;U) NOCTCID 2'JVJ. Leucochlaena leucocera. ( Plate XCIX. fig. 12.) liomhycia Uiu-mrrtj, llmpsn. Mollis Itul. ii. p. 207 (1894). $. Head and thorax c'Ktllicd witli f,'rcy-white and rcddisli-brown hair; antenna- wliiti-; altdomon oclirc-ous brown mixed with whitisli. Poro winp whitish tinged with 1)rown and irrorated slightly with black, the costal area whiter, the veins slightly streaked with blackish ; subbasal line re])n's»'ntcd by blackish striu> from costa and cell : antomcdial line blackish, intcrrujjtcd below costa, then oblique, sinuous; claviforni small, narrow, yellowish white defined by black, the yellowish interruiiting the antemedial line : orldcular very small, white defined by black except above and with slight rufous mark in centre, oblicjue elliptical : reniforra white defined by black and with brown centre, narrow and-acutely angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line black-brown defined by whitish on outer side, strongly l)ent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line Avhite defined on inner side by small rather wedge-sha])ed black spots between veins 7 and 2 indenting the line which is very slightly angled outwards at vein 7; a fine black terminal line; cilia whitish mixed with rufous and with three very slight lines through them. Hind wing pale suffused with ochreous brown and slightly tinged with fuscous except on costal area; cilia yellowish white ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown and the veins streaked with brown, a small discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Palpi with the 3rd joint rather long. J/ab. Kashmir, Scinde Valley (Lfcc/*), 1 2 type. ^). 40 millim. Sect. III. Antenua? of male with sliort branches. 2243. Leucochlaena leucogonia. Heliophohus leucogonia, ITinpsn. Ann. S. Air. Mas. iii. p. 42(> (lOO'i). S . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some ochreous ; abdomen ochreo
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