. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 2()s xocTiriDJi;. poytraedial line formed by double series of sliglifc spots, veiy indistinct except on inner area, strongl}^ bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; two curved subterminal series of small rather dentate blackish spots defined on inner side by whitish lunules ; a terminal series of black strife. Hind wing grej'- tinged with brown ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips, 2 . Fore wing more variegated with brown and grey, the iuarkin"-s more distinct. Hah. SiKHiM (D^
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 2()s xocTiriDJi;. poytraedial line formed by double series of sliglifc spots, veiy indistinct except on inner area, strongl}^ bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; two curved subterminal series of small rather dentate blackish spots defined on inner side by whitish lunules ; a terminal series of black strife. Hind wing grej'- tinged with brown ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips, 2 . Fore wing more variegated with brown and grey, the iuarkin"-s more distinct. Hah. SiKHiM (D^l'laeon), 2 2 ^JP^ crnnptohasis ; Assam, Tvhasis 1 d type; PuxANU (Flower), 1 $ ; Sij^gapore (liidlei/), G J, 6 $ . ). 26-30 millim. Skct. II. Foi-e wing witli the costa not arched. A. Fi)i-e wing with i-idges of raised scales bej-ond the antemeaial line in and beh)vv cell and beyond the postniedial line ou costal hall'. a. I'alpi with the second joint extending about twice the length of head. 6460. Gyrtona cristipennis. Gijrtnnacri^lipeiDiis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi?. p 213 (1902). 2 . Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with fuscous, the tips of patagia and metathorax ochreous ; fore femora black on inner side, the fore and mid tiiiife barred with black on inner side ; abdomen ochreous with the crests blackish. Pore wing wtdte with a faint lilacine tinge, the basal area and costal area towards apex oclireous, the medial costal area suff'nsed with brown ; subbasal line represented by double very obliiiue black striae from costa, followed by a silvery white line very oblique to median nervu)'e, then erect. Fig. 65. — Gi/r/ona cri$tipeniu,<, and closely ajiproximated to the silvery white anterav^dial line, which is defined on each side by blackish, oblique towards costa, then erect and slightly bent inwards at median nervure, the raised ridges of scales beyond it in and below the cell tinged with rufous at tips; reniform with white bars at sides defi
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