. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PRODEjVIA. 24 L slightly defined by black, a short black streak on vein 5 from the black edge of orbicular, then curved round and becoming the oblique waved medial line; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, below vein 3 defined by whitish on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, incurved at discal and submedian folds and bent out- wards to inner margin, some slight pale points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct diffused oblique greyish fascia from apex to middle of. Fig. 61.—Prodenia ruhrifusa, ^. \. postmedia
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PRODEjVIA. 24 L slightly defined by black, a short black streak on vein 5 from the black edge of orbicular, then curved round and becoming the oblique waved medial line; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, below vein 3 defined by whitish on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, incurved at discal and submedian folds and bent out- wards to inner margin, some slight pale points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct diffused oblique greyish fascia from apex to middle of. Fig. 61.—Prodenia ruhrifusa, ^. \. postmedial line ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and slightly angled inwards in sub- median fold; traces of a series of yellowish striae just before termen ; a terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia rufous with fine yellow line at base and blackish tips. Hind wing semihyaline white, the apex tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line from ai)ex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area suff'used Avith fiery red, a series of black points on termen from apex to vein 3. Hah. Jamaica, Kunawaj^ Bay {Walsingham), 1 J type. Exp. 46 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing of male with the neuration normal. A. Fore wing with the upper extremity of reniforra pro- duced to a very long narrow point defined on lower side by an oblique white mark dolichos. B. Fore wing with the upper extremity of reniform produced to a shorter, broadei", and less oblique point defined by white. a. Fore wing with curved white streak above medial part of innei- margin pulcliella. b. Fore wing without curved white streak above medial part of inner margin. «i. Fore wing with the white streak on vein 2 continued to subterminal line ardrogea, b^. Fore wing with the white streak on vein 2 ending at postmedial line. «^ Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards from submedian fold to inner margin litara. W. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards from vei
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