. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 82 ARCTIAD^. 1334. Bertholdia flavidorsata, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 21.) 2 . Head and thorax purplish brown ; paljii white in front; vertex of head tinged with white ; tegulae edged with white ; patagia with slight white upper edge; legs white, the end of femora and greater part of tibiae brown, fore coxae with orange patches ; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface white, a lateral series of spots and the anal tuft black. Fore wing purplish brown irrorated with black; a small antemedial yellow spot on vein 1; a large hy
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 82 ARCTIAD^. 1334. Bertholdia flavidorsata, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 21.) 2 . Head and thorax purplish brown ; paljii white in front; vertex of head tinged with white ; tegulae edged with white ; patagia with slight white upper edge; legs white, the end of femora and greater part of tibiae brown, fore coxae with orange patches ; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface white, a lateral series of spots and the anal tuft black. Fore wing purplish brown irrorated with black; a small antemedial yellow spot on vein 1; a large hyaline patch extending on costa from middle to near apex, its lower edge curved to vein 4 near termen, sinuous just beyond discocellulars, its outer edge irregularly sinuous and produced on vein 6, some black points on it on and near the veins and a larger point on vein 5 ; the apical area rufous and grey; a fine curved subterminal white line obsolete above vein 7, the area beyond it blackish. Hind wing hyaline, the inner area tinged with brown, the apical with fuscous. Hah. Bolivia, Sougo (Garlepp), 1 5 type, ii'.r^j. 48 millim. Genus XANTHOPH^INA, nov. Type, X. Levis. Proboscis fully develnpecl; palpi upturned to above vertex of head, the first two joints fringed with hair in front; antennae of male bipeetinate, the branches dilated at extremity ; thorax and dorsal surface of abdomen towards base clothed with woolly hair ; tibia; with the spurs short. Fore wing with Tein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from argle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4,5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. *1335. Xantliophaeina levis. Phegoptera levis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 467 (1899).. Pig. GO.—Xanihophcsina levis, (^. \. S • Head and thorax black-brown ; orange spots on 1st joint of palpi and just below antennae ; antennae pale, with the basal joint orange ; coxa3 orange ; tibiae and tarsi pale b
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