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. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 208 tiit't of liiiir above ; eves large, round ; of male with fasciculate filia ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the patagia very broadly dilated with scales at extremity; tibia3 moderately fringed with hair, the fore and hind tibiaf not spined, the latter rarely wilh one or two spines between the mid and terminal s))iirs ; abdomen with very large dorsal crest at base followed by a series of small crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 208 tiit't of liiiir above ; eves large, round ; of male with fasciculate filia ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the patagia very broadly dilated with scales at extremity; tibia3 moderately fringed with hair, the fore and hind tibiaf not spined, the latter rarely wilh one or two spines between the mid and terminal s))iirs ; abdomen with very large dorsal crest at base followed by a series of small crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and highly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing; veins 3. 4 from angle; .^ fully develojjed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Femora of male fringed with long hair, the mid femora dilated with a groove containing tufts of large scales and hair. A. Hind tibiffi of male fringed with longhair; hind wing with the termen somewhat excurved at middle, the costa lobed near base. a. Fore wing of male with the termen somewhat excised from vein 4 to tornus. 8005. Zale discisigna. Homopfcra cliscisigna. \Ylk. xiii. 1066 (1857); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. ;). Xylis ustipeunh, Druce, Binl. , Het. i. p. 342 (part.), nee Wlk. Homopiera cemona, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 344 (part.). Head, thorax, and abdomen light red-brown mixed with some dark brown ; j^alpi dark brown witli pale band at base of 3rd joint;. Fig. 54.— Zale dischigva, ^. \. pectus whitish tinged with rufons ; tarsi fuscous ringed with wliite ; ventral surface of abdomen ochi-eous white tinged witli l)rown on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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