. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 536 NOCTUIDiE. 7669. Achsea melicerta. Noctua melicerta, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. i. p. 42, pi. 23. f. 1 (1770); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 163, pi. 168. ff. 2 a. Z»; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 494. Noctua tigriiia, Fabr. Spec. Ins, ii. p. 218 (1781). Catccala traversii, Fereday, Trans. Just. ix. p. 457, pi. 17 (1877). AcJiCBa argilla, Swinh. A. H. (7) Tiii. p. 182 (1901). Ophiusa eheikei, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 256 (1906). Head and thorax rufons ; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen grey- brown. Fore wing rufo
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 536 NOCTUIDiE. 7669. Achsea melicerta. Noctua melicerta, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. i. p. 42, pi. 23. f. 1 (1770); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 163, pi. 168. ff. 2 a. Z»; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 494. Noctua tigriiia, Fabr. Spec. Ins, ii. p. 218 (1781). Catccala traversii, Fereday, Trans. Just. ix. p. 457, pi. 17 (1877). AcJiCBa argilla, Swinh. A. H. (7) Tiii. p. 182 (1901). Ophiusa eheikei, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 256 (1906). Head and thorax rufons ; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen grey- brown. Fore wing rufous tinged with grey especially on medial area and on termen below apex; subbasal line red-brown, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line red-brown, oblique, sinuous, defined on outer side by whitish; traces of a narrow reniform defined by whitish and with black point at upper extj'emity; a faint double reddish minutely waved medial line,. Fig. 124.âAchcea melicerta, cJ â oblique to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct, double, red-brown, oblique and slightly defined on outer side by white to vein 6, then slightly waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; traces of a waved red-brown subterminal line ; a series of slight black points before termen. Hind wing grey-brown to the narrow oblique bluish white band from below middle of costa to above inner margin towards tornus ; the rest of wing blackish, with white spot at apex, larger spot on termen at discal fold, irregular mark in submedian fold and slight mark at tornus; cilia greyish brown, white at the discal and submedian patches. Underside grey irrorated with brown ; fore wing with some white on basal inner area, an oblique. 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
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