. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 484 NOCTTJlDiE. Genus TRICHOPLEXIA, nov. Type, T. exornata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; antennte of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibico moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, clothed with rough hair and with lateral fringes of hair. Eore wing rather elongat
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 484 NOCTTJlDiE. Genus TRICHOPLEXIA, nov. Type, T. exornata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; antennte of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibico moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, clothed with rough hair and with lateral fringes of hair. Eore wing rather elongate, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing bright rufous contradida. 13. Fore wing dull purplish rufous exornata. 3341. Triclioplexia contradicta. Hadena contradicta. Smith, Ent. News, Philad. vii. p. 28 (1896); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 116. S. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi fuscous at sides ; frons with lateral blackish bars ; antennae fuscous ; tarsi black ringed with purplish pink; abdomen rufous, pale at base. Fore wing bright rufous, the medial and terminal area except at apex slightly tinged with purplish and irrorated with black, the veins Avith some white scales ; a slight black streak below base of cell; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line strong, black, angled outwards below costa, then excurved; i' Fig, 93.— Trichoplexm contradicta, (^. \. claviform narrow, slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform rather pale, slightly defined by black, the former round, the latter with black mark on its inner edge; an indistinct curved medial line; postmedial line strong, black, bent outwards below costa, oblique
Size: 2613px × 956px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhamp, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmoths
