. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ATTATHA. 9 4, 3, 2, the termen tinged with scarlet towards tornus. Hind wing scarlet; a round subterminal black spot in submedian interspace, a series of minute black spots before termen from apex to below. Fig. \.—Atiatha regalis, (^ , }-. 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. Hah. " N. India " ; Bombay, Kanara ; Ceyloi^ {Machwood), 1 S ; Burma, Kalew
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ATTATHA. 9 4, 3, 2, the termen tinged with scarlet towards tornus. Hind wing scarlet; a round subterminal black spot in submedian interspace, a series of minute black spots before termen from apex to below. Fig. \.—Atiatha regalis, (^ , }-. 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. Hah. " N. India " ; Bombay, Kanara ; Ceyloi^ {Machwood), 1 S ; Burma, Kalewa (JVafson), 1 S, IJp. Tenasserim (Wood- Mason), 2 S, Dawnat Hills {de Niceville), 1 § ; PniLippiifES, Luzon, Cebu. Exp. 48-58 millim. Larva. Semper, Reise Phil, Schmett. ii. p. 566, pi. T. ff. 3-5. Yellow with a black lateral stripe except on 1st and terminal somites, defined by whitish and with some black striae above it; or green with a j^ale lateral line, the stigmata crimson. Food-plant, Streblus. 7. Forms a brownish white cocoon of silk and hair. 7772. Attatha ino. Noctua ino, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. iii. p. 39. pi. 29. f. 3 (1782); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 529. Nocidia notata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 39 (1794). Grammodes mundicolor, Wlk. xxxiii. 973 (1865). Head and thorax creamy white; 3rd joint of palpi, frons and antennae black-brown; tegulai except at base, shoulders, a band across patagia and mesothorax and a patch on metathorax black ; fore and mid tibise in front and the tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous yellow, the basal crest black, a lateral series of small black spots. Fore wing creamy white; the costal edge blackish towards base; a wedge-shaped subbasal black mark 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 original work
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