. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. C'OKTYTA. :v2'.i middle and incurved at diseal fold and below vein li ; a lunulato black line before ternien and a crenulate black terminal line ; cilia chequered whitish and fuscous at tips. Hind wing whitish, the basal half suffused with browni, the terminal half slightly irrorated with fuscous; an oblique minutely waved dark postmedial line; a double subterminal line, the inner line minutely waved, the outer rather diffused ; a series of black lunviles before termen and a crenulate blackish terminal line ; cilia with brownis


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. C'OKTYTA. :v2'.i middle and incurved at diseal fold and below vein li ; a lunulato black line before ternien and a crenulate black terminal line ; cilia chequered whitish and fuscous at tips. Hind wing whitish, the basal half suffused with browni, the terminal half slightly irrorated with fuscous; an oblique minutely waved dark postmedial line; a double subterminal line, the inner line minutely waved, the outer rather diffused ; a series of black lunviles before termen and a crenulate blackish terminal line ; cilia with brownish spots at the veins. Underside bro\vnish white ; fore wing with black spot in cell and large discoidal spot, curved waved postmedial line with spot at costa, subterminal patches of fuscous at costa and middle and series of blackish lunules before termen ; hind wing with small black discoidal spot, slight sinuous medial line, curved waved post- medial line, and series of blackish lunules before termen. Ab. 1. Wings with a yellowish tinge. Hab. ? Japan, 1 c? ; C. Chixa, Shanghai, 1 2» Chekiang {Pryer), 1 c?, 1 ? , Ichang (Hobsoii), 3 c^ ; W. Chixa, Chia- kou-ho {Pratt), 1 6, Kwei-chou, 1 2» Moupin {Kn'cheldorf), 'S d type. Mrj). 4<G~5S millim. b. Hind tibiiB of male smoothly scaled. a^. Wings grey suS'used with brown profesfa. i'. Wings purplish red rujicolora. 8137. Cortyta profesta. Pericyma profesta, Christ. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 165 ; id. Kom. Mem. ix. p. 39, pi. 2. f. 10; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 241. Pericyma sacra, Stand. Iris, x. p. 2'J8, pi. 9. f. 20 (1897). Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with whitish; antennae blackish ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the. fore tibiaj and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with ; a slight v2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appear


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