. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. YESTERMANNIA. PLAGIOGRAPTA. 613 outer and with a slight red line from its upper edge to subcostal nervure ; the medial area suffused with purple and with a fierj'-red fascia just below costa and a more wedge-shaped fascia below vein 7; postmedial line represented from costa to vein 3 by the obliquely excurved black-brown onter edge of this medial area, the line-then double*and minutely waved; a triangular white patch beyond the postmedial line from costa to vein 5 ; a subterminal series of black-browni spots defined
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. YESTERMANNIA. PLAGIOGRAPTA. 613 outer and with a slight red line from its upper edge to subcostal nervure ; the medial area suffused with purple and with a fierj'-red fascia just below costa and a more wedge-shaped fascia below vein 7; postmedial line represented from costa to vein 3 by the obliquely excurved black-brown onter edge of this medial area, the line-then double*and minutely waved; a triangular white patch beyond the postmedial line from costa to vein 5 ; a subterminal series of black-browni spots defined by white ; the termen brown except towards tornus ; cilia pale brown with a fine white line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia brownish white. Under- side of fore wing fuscous broAvn, the costal and terminal areas dull blood-red ; hind wing whitish suffused wdth fuscous beyond the cell, the terminal area with blood-red from apex to vein 3. Hah. BiKHiM ; Assam, Klulsis, 1 $ . Exi). 36 millim. Genus PLAGIOGRAPTA. Flagiograpta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 057 Type. (1907) macrodunta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennjB of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests, the tegulaa forming a raised hood; tibije slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only, long, especially in Fore wing narrow and elongate, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate, the iimer margin with lobe and slight scale-tooth before middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9,10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked; 6 fully developed from above angle ; G, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 7040. Plagiograpta macrodonta. Plagioqrapta macrodonfa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist
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