. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 262 NOCTUIDiE. greyish ochreous with diffused purple-brown bands and rufous dorsal crests, the ventral surface pale ochreous. Fore wing rufous irrorated with large black scales, especially on postmedial area, the medial area purplish fuscous except towards costa ; subbasal line re- presented by black striae from costa and cell with some black points beyond it below the cell; antemedial line black, oblique from costa to submediau fold, then incurved ; claviform faintly defined by fuscous; orbicular with faint pa
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 262 NOCTUIDiE. greyish ochreous with diffused purple-brown bands and rufous dorsal crests, the ventral surface pale ochreous. Fore wing rufous irrorated with large black scales, especially on postmedial area, the medial area purplish fuscous except towards costa ; subbasal line re- presented by black striae from costa and cell with some black points beyond it below the cell; antemedial line black, oblique from costa to submediau fold, then incurved ; claviform faintly defined by fuscous; orbicular with faint pale annulus incompletely defined by black, round ; reniform with slight pale centre defined by fuscous and white points on its circumference above and on outer side ; an. Fig. 40.â Cro-pia indigna, S â \- indistinct dark medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved; postmedial line blackish slightly defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterrninal line ochreous defined on each side by brown, oblique towards costa, angled inwards at discal fold, then waved ; a terminal series of blackish stria3; cilia rufous and blackish. Hind wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown; a discoidal lunule with dark line from it to inner margin; a sinuous post- medial line; a somewhat dentate ochreous subterrninal line ; a terminal series of blackish lunules defined on inner side by a pale waved line ; cilia rufous and brown ; the underside yellowish white irrorated with brown, a slight antemedial line, black discoidal spot, rather maculate postmedial line, and terminal series of points. Hab. Cuba, Tanamo (ScJiaus), 1 5 ? Santiago (Schaus), 1 $ ; Haiti (Tiveedie), 1 S,l $ , type. E^y. 32-38 millim. Sect, III. {Listonia). Antennse of male bipectinate with very short branches, the apical part serrate. A. Fore wing with the antemedial line white. a. Fore wing with
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