. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 471 1828. CirpMs eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.) Leucavia eboriosa, Guen. Isoct. i. ^. 74 (); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 190. (5. Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark streaks; antemedial dark points on veins and inner margin ; a white point at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of white poi
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 471 1828. CirpMs eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.) Leucavia eboriosa, Guen. Isoct. i. ^. 74 (); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 190. (5. Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark streaks; antemedial dark points on veins and inner margin ; a white point at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia purplish pink, the underside pale thickly irrorated with purplish pink; the terminal area suffused with pink, a dark discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band. Huh. Tasmania (not ), 1 d" type, Hobart {Norman), 1 S • Exp. 40 millim. 1829. Cirphis costalis. Cirphis cos/alis, Wlk. xxxii. G23 (). c?. Head and thorax pale purplish rufous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish. Fig. Uo. — Cirp/iiscosfalis, (S pink ; the costal edge white ; slight fuscous antemedial points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a white point with some fuscous round it at lower angle of cell; traces of a curved postmedial series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing pale purplish rufous suffused with fuscous, leaving the inner area and termen redder; cilia pale rufous, white at tips ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot and diffused fuscous postmedial band. Hah. Tasmania, 2 cJ type. Exp. 38 millim. 1830. CirpMs obusta. (Plate XCI. fig. 17.) Leucania obusta, GvL^n.^ocl. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 190. S. Head and thorax deep rufous; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep rufous suffused with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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