. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 120 KOCTUID.!;. cilia greyer; the underside greyer, the costal area tinged Avith reddish and slightly irrorated with Yig. Z'~ Nymhis teligera, S. \- Hah. Guatemala, Vera Paz, Cohan {Conradt), 1 $ ; Pa>^ama, Chiriqui (Sibbe), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll., Cana Mines {Tyle- cote), 1 (S; Colombia, Sierra del Libano {H. H. Smith), 1 6; Be. Guiana {Bodway), 1 6; Fe. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni {Le Moult), 1 ? ; E. Peeu, Pozxizo, 1 ? . Hxp. 38-44 millim. Type t 6 in Coll. Druce. 7897. Nymbis inficita. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 1
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 120 KOCTUID.!;. cilia greyer; the underside greyer, the costal area tinged Avith reddish and slightly irrorated with Yig. Z'~ Nymhis teligera, S. \- Hah. Guatemala, Vera Paz, Cohan {Conradt), 1 $ ; Pa>^ama, Chiriqui (Sibbe), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll., Cana Mines {Tyle- cote), 1 (S; Colombia, Sierra del Libano {H. H. Smith), 1 6; Be. Guiana {Bodway), 1 6; Fe. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni {Le Moult), 1 ? ; E. Peeu, Pozxizo, 1 ? . Hxp. 38-44 millim. Type t 6 in Coll. Druce. 7897. Nymbis inficita. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 15.) Vhurys inficita, Wlk. xxxiii. 994 (1865). 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing pale grey tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown ; a slight black point above inner margin before middle ; reniform faintly defined by brown; a whitish line defined on outer side by dark brown, arising from apex and very oblique to vein 2 below end of cell, then bent inwards to middle of vein 1 where it terminates; traces of a pale subterminal line from below apex to inner margin, Avith a series of mintite black streaks on its outer edge; a broAvn terminal line; cilia ochreous at base. Hind Aving dull ochreous brown ; a slight broAvn terminal line; cilia more ochreous; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown. Hab. Haiti (Ticeedie), 1 $ type. £xj). 44 millim. B. Hind tarsi of male not fringed with hair abore. a. Hind wing of male on underside wholly clothed with rough scales. a^. Fore wing of male with the postmedial line strongly incurved between discal and submedian folds iniqiia. h^. Fore wing of male evenly incurved throughout Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th
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