. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ATTATHA. 0 4, 3, 2, the tennen tinged with scarlet towards tornus. Hind wing scarlet; a round subtemiinal black spot in submedian interspace, a series of minute black spots before termen from apex to below. ,^^e: Fig. 1.—Attcdha recjidis, (^ . }. vein 2, and black points on termen at veins 4, 3, 2. Underside of both wings pale scarlet; fore wing with the oblique medial mark reduced and not extending to costa, a black patch before middle of termen. Sab. " N. India " ; Bombay, Kanara ; Ceylox (Ifaclucood), 1 d ; Burma,
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ATTATHA. 0 4, 3, 2, the tennen tinged with scarlet towards tornus. Hind wing scarlet; a round subtemiinal black spot in submedian interspace, a series of minute black spots before termen from apex to below. ,^^e: Fig. 1.—Attcdha recjidis, (^ . }. vein 2, and black points on termen at veins 4, 3, 2. Underside of both wings pale scarlet; fore wing with the oblique medial mark reduced and not extending to costa, a black patch before middle of termen. Sab. " N. India " ; Bombay, Kanara ; Ceylox (Ifaclucood), 1 d ; Burma, KaleAva (Watson), 1 d', Up. Tenasserim (Wood- Mason), 2 c?,Dawnat Hills (de Niceville), 1 § ; Philippines, Luzon, Cebu. Exp. 48-58 millim. Larva. Semper, Reise Phil, Schniett. ii. p. 5G6, pi. T. ff. 3-5. Yellow with a black lateral strij^e except on 1st and terminal somites, defined by whitish and with some black strite above it; or green wltli a pale lateral line, the stigmata crimson. Food-plant, ^frebliis. 7. Forms a brownish white cocoon of silk and hair. 7772. Attatha ino. Koc/ua ivo, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. iii. p. 39, pi. 29. f. 3 (1782); Ilmpsn. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 529. Kocdia noiaia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 39 (1794). Graiumodes mundicolor, Wlk. xxxiii. 973 (1805). Head and thorax creamy white ; 3rd joint of palpi, frons and antenniu black-brown; teguhu except at base, shoulders, a l)and across patagia and mesothorax and a patch on metathorax black ; fore and mid tibiie in front and the tarsi tinged Avith broAvn ; abdomen ochreous yellow, the basal crest black, a lateral series of small black s])ots. Fore wing creamy white; the costal edge blackish towards base ; a wedge-shaped subbasal black mai-k on median nervure; an antemedial black fascia on inner margin; a. 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
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