. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. r;74 NOCXriD.'E. 4825. Megalodes exiniia. Cosmia cximia, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 104, pi. 442. f. 3 (1884); Scbaff. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 399 (1849); Gueii. Noct. ii. p. 261, pi. 10. f. 16 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 240. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with pale olive-green. Fore wing olive- green suffused over wliitish; the veins slightly streaked with whitish; a narrow obliquely curved greenish-white antemedial band ; reniform slightly defined by whitish, expanding a
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. r;74 NOCXriD.'E. 4825. Megalodes exiniia. Cosmia cximia, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 104, pi. 442. f. 3 (1884); Scbaff. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 399 (1849); Gueii. Noct. ii. p. 261, pi. 10. f. 16 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 240. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with pale olive-green. Fore wing olive- green suffused over wliitish; the veins slightly streaked with whitish; a narrow obliquely curved greenish-white antemedial band ; reniform slightly defined by whitish, expanding above and narrowing below ; a narrow greenish-whito postmedial band, oblique from costa to vein 7, then inwardly oblique and slightly. Fig. 171.—JSlegalodes cximia, c?. j- incurved; a narrow greenish-white subterminal band, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique ; a fine whitish terminal line ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale red-brown ; cilia whitish slightly tinged with brown. Under- side of fore wing brown, the costal and apical part of terminal area whitish irrorated with olive-green; hind wing white slightly irrorated with olive-green, traces of a diffused curved postmedial line. Hah. Armeisia ; Asia 3Jinoe, Pontus, 1 J , 1 $ , Lydia (Ledtrer), 3 J, 3 $, Taurus, Amanus Mts., 1 § ; Syria, 1 J, 1 §, Mardin ; ITnEDisTAN. A/.r^j. 34-40 millim. Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Mollis Eur. p. 290 ; Hll'ni. Eaup. p. 144. Thick; yellowi-sh green with small Avhitisli warts and dark red- brown points ; head yellow-brown ; thoracic shield dark browji. Food-plant, Malvus. 7. Genus NARTHECOPHORA. Narfhecophora, Smith. Proc. ]S'at. Miis. xxii. p. 485 (1000). Tyjip. pulverca. Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi obliquely upturned, very short, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front; frons with large trifid corneous process, the middle point long with ridge above, a curTed cornefnis plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennae of male laminate; tho
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