. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 200 ARCTIAI)2E. c. (Salapola). Fore wing of male with a fringe of long downturned spatulate scales from terminal part of median nervure, veins 4, 5 from cell in male; hind wing with the cell occupied by a patch of floeculent hair; the fore femora with tufts of hair; -ventral surface of abdomen with tufts of long hair. 411. Agylla argentea. Salapola argentea, Wlk. xxviii. 525 (1863) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 920. Balafola vestalis, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 241. c?. White; head and thorax slightly tinged with fuscou
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 200 ARCTIAI)2E. c. (Salapola). Fore wing of male with a fringe of long downturned spatulate scales from terminal part of median nervure, veins 4, 5 from cell in male; hind wing with the cell occupied by a patch of floeculent hair; the fore femora with tufts of hair; -ventral surface of abdomen with tufts of long hair. 411. Agylla argentea. Salapola argentea, Wlk. xxviii. 525 (1863) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 920. Balafola vestalis, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 241. c?. White; head and thorax slightly tinged with fuscous, abdomen with ochreous; fore legs fuscous, the tufts on femora and ventral surface of abdomen fulvous yellow. Fore wing silvery white : the fringe of hair on costa fulvous; the inner area pale. Fig. 118.âAgylla argentea, (J. \. fuscous brown; the fringe of hair on underside dark brown, fulvous at base, the terminal area tinged with fuscous. Hind wing white, the disk tinged with ochreous, the tufts of hair in cell fulvous yellow. $ . Pore wing with narrower fuscous fascia on inner area. Ab. 1. vestalis. Fore wing with the terminal area on underside white ; the tuft of hair sometimes entirely fulvous. Eah. Bkazil, Sao Paulo (Jones), 1 c?, 3 5, N. Friburgo, Petro- polis, llio Janeiro, 3 (5,3 § , type. Uic-p. 36-46 millim. d. Fore and hind wings of male without fringes of hair in or below cell. 412, Agylla barbicosta, n. sp. (S . White; head and thorax tinged with fuscous. Fore' wing with the fringe on basal half of costa blackish ; the wing suffused with pale brownish cream-colour to beyond middle; a wedge- shaped fuscous patch on terminal third of inner area. Hind wing white, the basal Fig. l\^.âAgylla barbicosta, S â t- ^^'^ suffused with yellowish cream-colour. Bab. Bkazil, Rio Janeiro (Doer), 4 d , type. 32 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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