. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 372 the subbasal line reprcscntefl b)- double oblique black striae from costa; antemedial line double and distinct at costa, then less pro- minent, stroncrlv angled out-wards in subinedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform with its extreuiity slightly defined by black and with a dark brown or black patch between it and post- medial line ; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by brown, the former large, oblique elliptical, the cell before and between them more or less tinged with dark brown ;
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 372 the subbasal line reprcscntefl b)- double oblique black striae from costa; antemedial line double and distinct at costa, then less pro- minent, stroncrlv angled out-wards in subinedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform with its extreuiity slightly defined by black and with a dark brown or black patch between it and post- medial line ; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by brown, the former large, oblique elliptical, the cell before and between them more or less tinged with dark brown ; postmedial line dentate, double at costa, then single, bent outwards below costa,. Fig. 98.—Morrisonia mucens, (^ excurved to vein 4, then incurved, distinctly defined by white on outer side below vein 2, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by triangular dark brown patches on termen between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and submedian fold, the apical and tornal areas tinged with bluish white ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved punctiform postmedial line. mih. , :Middle, Southern, and Central States, Florida, St. John's Bluff {Douhleday), 3 S, type spoliata, 1 $ type multi- faria, Missouri, Texas, 1 (S . Exp. 34 millim. 1678. Morrisonia sectilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 24.) Xyhphasia stctilis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 141 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am p. 232. Morrisonia rileyana, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 212 (1890); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 231. S • Head and thorax pale rufous ; frons with black bar; tegulae with black medial line; patagia black except at edges; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen pale rufous irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, a dark rufous and black fascia from base through submedian interspace to termen, extending to inner margin at base ; black streaks
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