. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 513 Page 584. ^^^^^^ PACHYLEPIS. Type. , Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 7 (1874), non descr.; Hmpsn. Mollis lud. ii. p. 3o7 dilectissima. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2iid joint reaching to middle of frons, broad and rounded in front, hollowed out on inner side, the 3rd joint moderate ; frons hollowed out below, produced to a corneous point at middle with a slight ridge below it; eyes large, round; antenufe of male somewhat thickened and almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 513 Page 584. ^^^^^^ PACHYLEPIS. Type. , Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 7 (1874), non descr.; Hmpsn. Mollis lud. ii. p. 3o7 dilectissima. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2iid joint reaching to middle of frons, broad and rounded in front, hollowed out on inner side, the 3rd joint moderate ; frons hollowed out below, produced to a corneous point at middle with a slight ridge below it; eyes large, round; antenufe of male somewhat thickened and almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metatliorax with depressed crest; tibiaa smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not creiuilate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins o, 4 shortly stalked or from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 3452 a. Pachylepis dilectissima. Ariola dilecfissima, Wlk. xv. 1751 (1858); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 337. Pachylepis limacodina, Feld. Reis. Nov, pi. 83. f. 12 (1874). Head, tegulae, and metathorax sulphur-yellow, the rest of thorax orange-red; palpi, lower part of frons, and antennae black-brown ; pectus and legs brown mixed with white ; abdomen black with white segmental lines, the anal tuft yellowish white, the ventral. Fig. 242.—Pcukylepis diledissima, ^. \. surface white with black sublateral spots. Fore wing orange-red ; a yellow patch at base of costa; small antemedial spots on costa and inner margin ; a medial patch on costa and spots in and below cell and on inner margin ; a spot at lower angle of cell; the post- medial part of costa with a series of points and a point on inner margin; the costa with dark marks between the spots except towards base ; a terminal series of
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