. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. k; NOCTUID^. stri}j;!i from costa and short streak below the cell ; antcmeilial line represented bv a small black spot on costa and oblique line from cell to inner raarpin ; a ratlier conical silvery white patcli in end of coll from subcostal nervure defined by black at sides and below ; an obli(iue waved black line from lower aiifrle of cell to inner marj^in ; postmedial line arisiiif? below costa, black slisjlitly defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; some white points on postmedial part
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. k; NOCTUID^. stri}j;!i from costa and short streak below the cell ; antcmeilial line represented bv a small black spot on costa and oblique line from cell to inner raarpin ; a ratlier conical silvery white patcli in end of coll from subcostal nervure defined by black at sides and below ; an obli(iue waved black line from lower aiifrle of cell to inner marj^in ; postmedial line arisiiif? below costa, black slisjlitly defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; some white points on postmedial part of costa with slight blackish streaks between them ; subterminal line only defined bj' the contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas, excurved at middle and incurved in subraedian interspace; a small black spot on termcn below vein 7 ; cilia black at tips. Hind wing white, the base of inner margin slightly tinged with brown ; a faint discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line; a black striga on termen at discal fold ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated with black and with diffused dark patches at base and middle, the discoidal spot and postmedial line distinct. Hah. Colombia, type f 5 in Coll. Druce, San Antonio (PaJmcr), c? , 1 2 . Exp. 28 millim. B. (Ci/a/hi.':.<'a). Fore wing with vein 7 from before 10; tibiaj not so strongly frinored with scales. a. Fore wing with tbe costal half of medial area suffused with black. a^. Fore wing suffused in parts with grey-green ^jfrm;-*?. /''. Fore wing suffused in parts with reddish quadrate, h. Fore wing with tlie patch at middle of costal area slightly defined by black. 'acea. b\ Fore wing suffused in parts with blue-grey 2}aUida. 4448. Emarginea percara. Bryophila -percara, Morr. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. II. xvii. p. 213 (1874) Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 50. Smith, S. Head pure white ; palpi except at tips, sides of frons and antennae except basal joint black; thorax white tinged with grey-green, the teg
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