. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PAIS. MKTAGAUISTA. 501 coxe in front, the tibise, and rings on tarsi ochreous ; abdomen orange, witli black bands and dorsal spots, the ventral surface black with pale bands, Fore wing ochreous, often more or less irrorated with black ; the costa and inner margin black; two oblique black subbasal lines, the outer ending in a black-edged deep red spot below the cell; an antemedial black line incurved in cell, strongly excurved below it; a black-edged deep red hgure-of-eight-shaped medial spot in and below cell, each division oft
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PAIS. MKTAGAUISTA. 501 coxe in front, the tibise, and rings on tarsi ochreous ; abdomen orange, witli black bands and dorsal spots, the ventral surface black with pale bands, Fore wing ochreous, often more or less irrorated with black ; the costa and inner margin black; two oblique black subbasal lines, the outer ending in a black-edged deep red spot below the cell; an antemedial black line incurved in cell, strongly excurved below it; a black-edged deep red hgure-of-eight-shaped medial spot in and below cell, each division often with ochreous spot (m it; a black-edged elliptical discoidal spot with red centre, with small ochreous spots above and below it, and with a red streak from its lower extremity to the subterminal band; the postmedial. Fig. 256.—Pais decora, c? . }. black line dentate inwards to the discoidal spot at vein r>, below vein 3 retracted to lower edge of discoidal spot, then oblicjucly waved to inner margin ; a sinuous red subterminal band, dentate inwards at vein 5, and connected with the black terminal line by streaks on the veins ; cilia ochreous, intersected with black. Hind wing deep cupreous red, often with pale patch in cell, and two spots or a lunulate patch beyond it, and sometimes some yellow spots on termen ; cilia black at base, Avhitish at tips. Hah. Okange liivER Colony, Vaal II. (P, 7 from upper angle. A. Abdomen orange with iilack bands nuenas. ]i. Abdomen black with white bands triphanoido'.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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