. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 180 AECTIAD^. 372. Mantala tineoides. Mantala tineoides. Wit. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 109 (1862); Swinh. Oat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 119, pi. iv. f. 23. Fulvous Fig. 96.—Mantala tineoides, (^ ( Wallace), 1 $ , type f S in Mus. 2 c? , 2 $ . Ecc2^. 20 millim. Fore wing with black spot on middle of costa, with an indistinct diffused fuscous line from it to inner margin, inter- rupted in male by the fringe of scales ; a diffused indis- tinct fuscous subterminal line. Hind wing pale brownish yellow
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 180 AECTIAD^. 372. Mantala tineoides. Mantala tineoides. Wit. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 109 (1862); Swinh. Oat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 119, pi. iv. f. 23. Fulvous Fig. 96.—Mantala tineoides, (^ ( Wallace), 1 $ , type f S in Mus. 2 c? , 2 $ . Ecc2^. 20 millim. Fore wing with black spot on middle of costa, with an indistinct diffused fuscous line from it to inner margin, inter- rupted in male by the fringe of scales ; a diffused indis- tinct fuscous subterminal line. Hind wing pale brownish yellow, darker to- wards termen. Ilab. BoENEo, Sarawak Oxon.; Ptjlo Latjt {Doherty), Genus BITECTA. Bitecta, Heyl. C. E. Soc. Ent. Beige, xssv. p. ccccxi (1891). Type. murina. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 3rd joint long, slender, and extending about the length of head ; antenna of male with bristles and cilia ; tibia with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair, the terminal segment and elaspers with long hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched at middle, the inner margin arched ; a fringe of hair in basal half of cell and the median and subcostal nervures approximated; a fringe of hair below medial part of costa and the costal edge turned over on upperside; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 absent; the lower discocellular very short and vein 6 from near lower angle of cell; 7 from upper angle; 8, 9 stalked ; 10 from cell, curved at base ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 7 from before upper angle; 8 from middle of cell. 373. Bitecta murina. Lithosia wmrina, Heyl. C. E. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. ccccxi (1891); Eirby, Oat. Het. p. 915. (5. Grey-brown; abdomen yellowish grey, blackish towards extremity, the genital tufts yellow. Fore wing with darker streaks. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
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