. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PISABA. CELAMA. 5 Genus PISARA. ^ Type. Pisara, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 117 (1862) opallna. Necla, Wlk. sxvii. 99 (1863) opallna. Proboscis fully developed; palpi poi'i-ect, extending about the length of head, the 2nd joint roughly scaled above and below, the 3rd moderate, slightly scaled ; frons with tuft of scales ; antennae with tuft on basal joint; tibiaj with the spurs well developed. Fore wing triangular ; veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from above angle of cell; (i from below upper angle; 7, 8 shortly stalked ; 9, 10
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PISABA. CELAMA. 5 Genus PISARA. ^ Type. Pisara, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 117 (1862) opallna. Necla, Wlk. sxvii. 99 (1863) opallna. Proboscis fully developed; palpi poi'i-ect, extending about the length of head, the 2nd joint roughly scaled above and below, the 3rd moderate, slightly scaled ; frons with tuft of scales ; antennae with tuft on basal joint; tibiaj with the spurs well developed. Fore wing triangular ; veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from above angle of cell; (i from below upper angle; 7, 8 shortly stalked ; 9, 10 absent; 11 oblique. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of cell; 4 absent; b from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 from middle of cell. 2. Pisara opalina. Pisara opallna, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 118(1862); Swiuh. Cat. Het. Mas. Oxon. p. 131, pi. 4. f. 14; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 381. Necla canioralis, Wlk. xxvii. 100 (1863). Nola basimicans, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 139 (1894). 2. Silvery grey, irrorated with fuscous: palpi tinged with fuscous at sides. Pore wing with tuft of fuscous and grey scales in base of cell, and ferruginous tufts in end of cell and on disco- cellulars ; an oblique blackish subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; a curved antemedial line ; an indistinct postmedial line, sharply bent outwards from be- low costa to vein 3 ; an J irregular diffused sub- terminal Hue angled out- wards at veins G and '6 ; / ^^^ir^''——^^^^=^ j^ a slight terminal shade. Hind wing suffused with W ^\^^^^^\>^ O^ fuscous towards termen; vo«^4^ cilia white, with a fine fuscous line through Fig. 3.—Pisara opalina, ^ • i- them. cJ. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with golden bronze; the antemedial line straighter ; the tufts fuscous ; the subterminal line not angled at vein 6. Hab. Burma, E. Pegu (DoJiertij), type t basimicans in Coll. Elwes; EoKNEo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $ , type canioralis, 1 d type t in ilus. Oxon. Exj}. 24 millim. Genus CELAMA.
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