. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 214 NOCTUIDJi;. series of slight pale points. Hind wing pure wliite ; a terminal blackish patch between veins 6 and 2 enaitting slight streaks on the veins and connected by slight dark marks on termen with a spot at vein 1; cilia white with slight fuscous marks at base at veins 5 to 2. Underside of fore wing white, a blackish postmedial band, the terminal area blackish except towards tornus. Hab. Be. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 5 ; Naial, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 9 ? Durban (Tinmen), 1 $ ; Cafe Colony, Queenstown. E
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 214 NOCTUIDJi;. series of slight pale points. Hind wing pure wliite ; a terminal blackish patch between veins 6 and 2 enaitting slight streaks on the veins and connected by slight dark marks on termen with a spot at vein 1; cilia white with slight fuscous marks at base at veins 5 to 2. Underside of fore wing white, a blackish postmedial band, the terminal area blackish except towards tornus. Hab. Be. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 5 ; Naial, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 9 ? Durban (Tinmen), 1 $ ; Cafe Colony, Queenstown. Ecvp. 44-54 millim. b. Fore wing of male without silky androconia on underside. 7334. Audea stenoplisea, n. sp. S â Head black, the basal joint of antennae ochreous ; tegulae black with some ochreous scales at tips ; thorax ochreous mixed with black; abdomen ochreous white wdth some fuscous suffusion except at base and lateral series of black spots. Fore wing black- brown mixed with some whitish, the basal area blacker; traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial line and of a discoidal striga; post- medial Jiue hardly traceable, oblique from eosta to vein 6, then. 'âAudea sfenophcea, cJ. j. erect; cilia with a white patch just below apex. Hind wing pure white with a terminal black band from apex to vein 2 ; cilia white with slight brown marks at veins 2 and 1. Underside of fore wing white, the costal edge black, a fuscous brown postmedial band from costa to submedian fold, the terminal area fuscous except towards tornus ; hind wing with blackish spot at middle of costa. Rab. Madras, Palni Hills {Camphell), 1 S type. Exp. 46 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printe
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