. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 322 :. subtcrminal line; a series of minute black lunules before tennen, and a tine white line at base of cilia; the underside white irrorated with brown, a series of black points before tennen. 5 . Usually darker. Hah. Be. E. Afmca, Taveta {Sogers), 1 ? ; Traxstaal, Pretoria, 1 $ ; Natal {MarshaU), 1 $ , Estcourt {Hutchinson), 2 d, 2 $, Durban, 1 J type; Aden {J. J. Walker), 1 d. Krp. 36-44 millim. B. Mid tibiic of male not dilated and without fringe of scales. (I. Hind tibise of male fringed with long hair. 8136. Cor
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 322 :. subtcrminal line; a series of minute black lunules before tennen, and a tine white line at base of cilia; the underside white irrorated with brown, a series of black points before tennen. 5 . Usually darker. Hah. Be. E. Afmca, Taveta {Sogers), 1 ? ; Traxstaal, Pretoria, 1 $ ; Natal {MarshaU), 1 $ , Estcourt {Hutchinson), 2 d, 2 $, Durban, 1 J type; Aden {J. J. Walker), 1 d. Krp. 36-44 millim. B. Mid tibiic of male not dilated and without fringe of scales. (I. Hind tibise of male fringed with long hair. 8136. Cortyta grisea. Polydesvia grisea, Leech, Trans. Ent. See. 1900, p. 552. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and blackish ; tibiae with blackish bands, the tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale grey slightly tinged with brown and thickly iiTorated with blackish ; a rather diffused sinuous blackish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, defined on outer side by whitish at costii; .-<-fe. Fig. 82.—Corfi/tn (/risca, (^. antemedial line indistinct, blackish defined on inner side by white, waved ; orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the foniier round, the latter large and rather quadrate with a slight curved blackish striga in centre, a white spot between them in the cell; a double brown medial line from costa to reniform and incurved below the cell; a diffused white postmedial band with dark spot at costa, then a series of black points on the veins, cxcurved at middle ; subtenninal line whitish defined on each side by rather diffused brown, excurved at. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Truste
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