. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. «^. Fig. 205.— Careades fcdcataria, c?. \. area, the inner area tinged with red and with some brownish hair in submedian fold. Underside of both wings yellow with the costal half suffused with fiery red. Hah. Be. jST. Guinea, Ekeikei {Pratt), type f <5 in Coll. Bethune- Baker. Exp. 46 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with the termen sliglitly excised below apex ; fore tibia? of male moderately fringed witli hair. A. Fore wing with tbe apical half suffused with olive-green ... eceicci. B. Fore wing with the basal half suffused w
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. «^. Fig. 205.— Careades fcdcataria, c?. \. area, the inner area tinged with red and with some brownish hair in submedian fold. Underside of both wings yellow with the costal half suffused with fiery red. Hah. Be. jST. Guinea, Ekeikei {Pratt), type f <5 in Coll. Bethune- Baker. Exp. 46 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with the termen sliglitly excised below apex ; fore tibia? of male moderately fringed witli hair. A. Fore wing with tbe apical half suffused with olive-green ... eceicci. B. Fore wing with the basal half suffused with sap-green hemichlora. C. Fore wing without green suffusion. a,. Hind wing with the apical area chocolate-red to vein 2 ... liuntei. h. Hind wing iiniform black-brown plagioscia. *6918. Careades eceicei. (Plate CLXXXYIII. fig. 24.) Careades ekeikei, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 241 (1906). S. Head, tegulse, and front of thorax black-brown, the rest of thorax pale grey ; palpi white at base in front; pectus and legs white, the fore femora crimson-red on inner side, the tarsi suffused with crimson-red ; abdomen grej' with the lateral area olive-grey on basal half, the sides on terminal half and extremity blackish, the anal tuft red above ochreous below, the ventral surface blackish with some red at base. Fore wing pale grey, with slight dark irroration, the apical half tinged with olive-grey, the costal edge tinged with rufous; antemedial line slight, brown with darker striga from costa, then oblique, waved; a deep olive band defined on outer side by black and then by white from middle of costa to tornus ; a diffused whitish subterminal band ending at tornus, the area beyond it rather darker olive-grey. Hind wing fuscous black. 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
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