. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AMOLITA. 309 4727. Amolita perslriata, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. (!.) 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi pale rufous ; fore and mid legs and hind tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with black ; a faint brownish fascia in cell; two minul e black points in upper part- of middle of cell and two at upper angle; the interspaces of costal area tinged with brown towards apex ; a faint diffused brown fascia from termen below apex to submedian fold where it terminates in a black point;
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AMOLITA. 309 4727. Amolita perslriata, n. sp. (Plate CXLIV. fig. (!.) 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi pale rufous ; fore and mid legs and hind tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with black ; a faint brownish fascia in cell; two minul e black points in upper part- of middle of cell and two at upper angle; the interspaces of costal area tinged with brown towards apex ; a faint diffused brown fascia from termen below apex to submedian fold where it terminates in a black point; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with ochreous, the costa and termen of both wings slightly irrorated with brown ; both wings with terminal series of black points. Hab. Bahamas (Bonhofe), 1 5 type. Exp. 2'2 raillim. 4728. Aniolita fessa. Amolita feasa, Grote, Bull. Buff. Sue. Nat. Sei. ii. p. lo8 (1S74); Smitli, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 193. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous ; antennae more fulvous ; fore and mid legs tinged with brown. Pore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous except on costal area and sparsely irrorated with brown ; the costal edge brownish; a diffused brown fascia from close to base along median nervure and thence obliijuely to apex ; a slight brown fascia along inner margin to beyond middle where it. w Fig. 131.—AjiLnlita fessa, c? \. is met by an oblique brown band from termen below a^iex formed of rather diffused marks in the interspaces ; a black point; in middle of cell and another on discocellulars ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown ; a terminal series of brown points. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown. Hab. , Massachusetts, New York (Bur(j), 1 J , 2 2 type, Distr. of Columbia, Texas, ? Florida. ;. (^ 28, $ 34
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