. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 596 AGAKISTID^. Sect. I. Fore wing of male with a well-developecl groove of ribbed hyaline menibrane below costa beyond middle, a clicking sound being pro- duced during flight jirobably by friction with the tarsal spines ; the veins strongly downcurved. 117. ^gocera tripartita. Mgooera tripariita, Kirby. Proc. R. Dublin Soc. (2) ii. p. 340 (1880) ; Waterh. Aid, i. pi. 39 ;'Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 158. S • Head and thorax white; the palpi except in front, extremity of Irons, antennae, and some scales on vertex of head black; te
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 596 AGAKISTID^. Sect. I. Fore wing of male with a well-developecl groove of ribbed hyaline menibrane below costa beyond middle, a clicking sound being pro- duced during flight jirobably by friction with the tarsal spines ; the veins strongly downcurved. 117. ^gocera tripartita. Mgooera tripariita, Kirby. Proc. R. Dublin Soc. (2) ii. p. 340 (1880) ; Waterh. Aid, i. pi. 39 ;'Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 158. S • Head and thorax white; the palpi except in front, extremity of Irons, antennae, and some scales on vertex of head black; tegulae with black stripes ; edges of patagia and subdorsal stripes on thorax black and orange; tibiae orange, banded with black; tarsi black, ringed with white ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing deep red, thickly irrorated with ochreous ; a wedge-shaped yellowish-white fascia on median nervure from base to middle of cell; a somewhat elliptical. f Fig. 260.—Mgocera tripartita, J. \. spot in end of cell extending to just below it, and a triangular spot beyond the cell; these markings separated by clear red patches with bluish silvery bars on them, the medial bar joining a silvery spot on a triangular red patch below the cell ; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing orange, the costal area broadly red-brown conjoined to a discoidal lunule ; the inner area brown; a broad terminal brown band narrowing somewhat at middle ; cilia whitish. 5 . Hind wing with the markings black. Uah. Burma, Myingvan, Thayetmvo {Watson)^ 6 d, 2 $. Exp., S 36, ? 38 millim. Sect. II. {JEgocera). Fore wing of male with slight traces of a groove below costa beyond middle, the veins slightly curved downwards. A. Fore wing with the wedge-sha])ed part of fascia beyond the cell extending almost to termen rectilinca. B. Fore wing with the wedge-shaped part of fascia beyond the cell ending well before termen vetiulict. C. Fore wing with oblique transverse lunul
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