. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 40.âEressa ypleta, J ⢠Hah. Waigiotj ( Wallace), 28 millim. Sect. IV. Antennae ciliated ; frons without furrow. A. Hind wing with the tornus strongly lobed and the termen excised before it. a. Fore femora and tibite of male with thick tufts of scales. 227. Eressa megatoma, u. sp. d". Black with a slight purplish tinge ; frons, neck, the long hair fringing the teguloe and pa- tagia and the fore legs orange ; abdomen with six orange bauds. Fore wing with wedge- shaped semihyaline orange patch in cell; an elongate tri-
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 40.âEressa ypleta, J ⢠Hah. Waigiotj ( Wallace), 28 millim. Sect. IV. Antennae ciliated ; frons without furrow. A. Hind wing with the tornus strongly lobed and the termen excised before it. a. Fore femora and tibite of male with thick tufts of scales. 227. Eressa megatoma, u. sp. d". Black with a slight purplish tinge ; frons, neck, the long hair fringing the teguloe and pa- tagia and the fore legs orange ; abdomen with six orange bauds. Fore wing with wedge- shaped semihyaline orange patch in cell; an elongate tri- angular patch below the cell; a spot above vein 6, and two spots with semihyaline centres between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with an orange patch in and below the cell and some orange at tornus. Bab. Queensland (Maclay), 1 d type. Eap. 28 F^g. 4\.âEressa megatoma, cJ. b. Fore femora and tibiae without tufts of scales. *228. Eressa angustipenna. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1087 Hydrusa angustipenna, Lucas, P. â ^(1890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 102. S. Black; tegnlae orange; abdomen with six orange bands. Fore wing with wedge-shaped hyaline patches in and below end of cell; spots between veins 3 and 5 and above 6 ; a minute point above vein 7. Hind wing with a patch which is orange in and below cell and vein 2 and hyaline between veins 2 and 5. Hah. Queensland, 1 (S, 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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