. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ACROJsn'CTA. 107 antemedial line giving off slight spurs on upper side near base and on underside at middle and forking- above and below on antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin, indistinct excei)t at costa; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, rather acute at lower exti-emity and with curved black streak from it extending into reniform, which is produced at upper and lower extremities and constricted at middle ; an oblique medial blackish striga from
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ACROJsn'CTA. 107 antemedial line giving off slight spurs on upper side near base and on underside at middle and forking- above and below on antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin, indistinct excei)t at costa; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, rather acute at lower exti-emity and with curved black streak from it extending into reniform, which is produced at upper and lower extremities and constricted at middle ; an oblique medial blackish striga from costa ; postmedial line black. Fig. 18.—Acronyvta psi, (^. defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then recurved and slightly sinuous, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by a fine black streak in discal fold and stronger streak in sabmedian fold from well before it to near termen, the area beyond it slightly tinged with brown, some whitish points with black points between them on costa ; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points with slight black streaks from them intersecting the cilia and double point at submedian fold. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half tinged with brown, the terminal area irrorated with brown from apes to vein 2; a terminal series of dark points; the under- side with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot and traces of a waved postmedial line with blackish spot on costa and minute dark streaks on the veins. 5 . Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line, the terminal area suffused with brown. Ab. 1. hivirgce. Fore wing with the basal area to antemedial line and the postmedial area suffused with black. Ab. 2. sttffiisa. Darker ; fore wing more irrorated with brown. Ab. 3. altaica. Much paler ; fure wing white, tinged with fuscous gre}'.—Altai, E. Siberia. Eab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Prance, Sand Coll.: Germany,
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