. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. BOMBOXELIA. 13 6208, Bombotelia dorsipuncta, u. sp. Pcnicillaria viaculata, Semper, Eeise Phil., Sclimett. ii. p. 634 (nee Butl.). Head and thorax deep purple-hrown, the tegulas slightl}' edged "with whitish ; pectus white, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen rufoos with small dorsal white spot on 4th segment, the ventral surface deep purple-brown with small yellow spot at base. Fore wing red-brown mixed with some greyish ochreous and sufiused with deep purple plum-colour ; some slight black irroration on inner area to
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. BOMBOXELIA. 13 6208, Bombotelia dorsipuncta, u. sp. Pcnicillaria viaculata, Semper, Eeise Phil., Sclimett. ii. p. 634 (nee Butl.). Head and thorax deep purple-hrown, the tegulas slightl}' edged "with whitish ; pectus white, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen rufoos with small dorsal white spot on 4th segment, the ventral surface deep purple-brown with small yellow spot at base. Fore wing red-brown mixed with some greyish ochreous and sufiused with deep purple plum-colour ; some slight black irroration on inner area towards base; antemedial line fine, white, defined on outer side by black and grejish ochreous, oblique from costa to vein 2 below the cell, then inwardly oblique, touching the reniform which, is slightly defined by white, strongly constricted at middle and produced at upper extremity, a white striga above it from costa ; the medial area with veins 4 to 1 streaked Avith greyish ochreous ; postmedial line double, greyish ochreous, oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is obtusely angled, then inwardly oblique, sinuous. Fig. 7.—Jjomhotdia dorsipuncta, (J. }. and bent outwards to inner margin, the inner line not quite reaching costa and with black marks before it, an oblique black mark from its angle to termen at vein 3 defined above by greyish ochreous and with silvery-blue suff'usion bclowit; a wedge-shaped chocolate-brown patch from costa before the subterminal line, which is whitish and incurved from costa to termen at vein 6, below vein 4 pure white, angled outwards at vein 3 and ending at toruus, the area beyond it black ; a terminal series of minute black lunulcs slightly defined by white from apex to vein 4, a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pure white, the costal and terminal areas purplish brown, a brown discoidal spot, postmedial white striga at inner margin, and white line from vein 3 to termen at vein 1 ; a terminal series of minute dark lunulea and fine
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