. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PERICALLIA. 353 1881. Pericallia picta. Deiopeia picta, Wlk. xxxi. 2Go (1864); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 54; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 351. TatargiTia formosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 366 ; id. 111. Het. iii. p. 8, pi. 43. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 351. (S . Head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet; antennae black ; tegulae, patagia, meso- and metathorax with white patches with black spots on them ; legs striped with black ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and su
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PERICALLIA. 353 1881. Pericallia picta. Deiopeia picta, Wlk. xxxi. 2Go (1864); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 54; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 351. TatargiTia formosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 366 ; id. 111. Het. iii. p. 8, pi. 43. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 351. (S . Head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet; antennae black ; tegulae, patagia, meso- and metathorax with white patches with black spots on them ; legs striped with black ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots, the ventral surface whitish. Eore wing scarlet, with subbasal, two antemedial, medial, postmedial, and. Fig. 156.—Fericallia picta, S. {. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) subterminal white bands with series of black-edged grey spots on them, the 1st two angled outwards below costa, the 4th with a lunulate spot just beyond or conjoined to the grey discoidal spots, the spots of the subterminal band elongate. Hind wing yellow, suffused with scarlet. $ . Abdomen yellow above, scarlet towards base, the ventral surface with black and white bands ; hind wing scarlet; an ante- medial black spot on costa, a discoidal spot with another on costa above it, sometimes some spots between lower angle of cell and inner margin ; some postmedial and subterminal spots towards costa. Ab. \. formosa. Fore wing with the bands wider. Hah. S. China, 1 $ ;?a; Burma, Moulmein, 1 $ type, Prome, Kalewa {Watson), 3 6 , Hsipaw {De Mceville), 1 cS . Escp.^ d 40, $ 54-58 millim. 1882. Pericallia ellioti. Callarctia ellioti, Butl. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 739, pi. 43. f. 6. $ . Head and thorax black-brown; vertex of head and antennae pinkish white ; tegulae white with brown spots ; base of patagia and sides of thorax white ; some crimson on neck and prothorax ; femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface brownish.
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