. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. SCOLIACMA. 103 185. Scoliacma bicolora. Lithosia bicolora, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, Lujj. p. 211, jil. 3. f. 9 (1832); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 288. Lithosm rubrata, Tepp. Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. v. p. 30 (1882). Head and tegulas crimson ; palpi and aateanae blackish ; thorax and abdomen blackish ; legs with m^re or less crimion; anal tuft crimson. Fore wing crimson, the terminal area black, its inner edge running oblicjuely from below costa to middle of inner margin,. Fig. 42.—Scoliacma bicolora, c?. {. the basal half often more or
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. SCOLIACMA. 103 185. Scoliacma bicolora. Lithosia bicolora, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, Lujj. p. 211, jil. 3. f. 9 (1832); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 288. Lithosm rubrata, Tepp. Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. v. p. 30 (1882). Head and tegulas crimson ; palpi and aateanae blackish ; thorax and abdomen blackish ; legs with m^re or less crimion; anal tuft crimson. Fore wing crimson, the terminal area black, its inner edge running oblicjuely from below costa to middle of inner margin,. Fig. 42.—Scoliacma bicolora, c?. {. the basal half often more or less completely suffused with black except on costal area aud inner margin ; cilia crim-ion. Hind wing with the basal half crimson, the terminal half black with rather irregular inner edge running obliquely to inner margin above tornus ; cilia crimson. Hab. N. S. Wales, 5 2; VicroRiA; ; Tasmania, 2 cf, 3 $ {Alljiort, J. J. Walker). Evp. 34 milUm. B. Hind wing of male normal. a. Fore wing grey with white costal fascia spihirrhx (J). b. Fore wing uniform brown bninHca(^). c. Fore wing ochreous pactolias. *186, Scoliacma spilarcha. Tiijrloidesspilarcha, Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 699 (1836); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 341. 2. Head aud thorax fuscous grey; frons white; abdomen sparsely clothed with pale yellow hair. Fore wing fus- cous grey; a broad white costal fascia from base atten- uated to a point beyond middle; obliquely placed postmedial obscure dark points at junction of veins 3, 4 and on inner margin ; cilia pale ochreous. Hind Aving ochreous yellow. J/ab. N. S. Wales, Sydney, type t $ in Coll. Meyrick. Ex^. 28 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 th
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