. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. EGTBOLIS. 265 7387. Egybolis vaillantina. Bomhyx vaillantina, StoU, Suppl. Cram. p. 142, pi. \\\.. f. 3 (1790); Sauud. Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) iv. p. 59, pi. 114. ff. 3 a-c ; Kirby, Oat. Lep, Het. p. 393. Cahptera Jormosa, Blanch. Hist. Ins. ii. p. 376, pi. 17. f. 6 (1845). Egyholis natalii, Boisd. Delegorgue Voy. Afr. Austr. ii. p. 595 (1847). Egyholia vaillantiana, Angas, Kaffr. Illiistr. pi. 30. f. 19 (1849). Head deep orange, the back of head, thorax and abdomen black shot with brilliant metallic blue ; fore tibife orange in
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. EGTBOLIS. 265 7387. Egybolis vaillantina. Bomhyx vaillantina, StoU, Suppl. Cram. p. 142, pi. \\\.. f. 3 (1790); Sauud. Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) iv. p. 59, pi. 114. ff. 3 a-c ; Kirby, Oat. Lep, Het. p. 393. Cahptera Jormosa, Blanch. Hist. Ins. ii. p. 376, pi. 17. f. 6 (1845). Egyholis natalii, Boisd. Delegorgue Voy. Afr. Austr. ii. p. 595 (1847). Egyholia vaillantiana, Angas, Kaffr. Illiistr. pi. 30. f. 19 (1849). Head deep orange, the back of head, thorax and abdomen black shot with brilliant metallic blue ; fore tibife orange in front, the mid and hind tibiae orange at extremities. Fore wing brilliant metallic blue ; a broad deep orange subbasal band edged bj' black lines, its inner edge sinuous, its outer edge excurved and slightly incurved at vein 1; an elliptical orange discoidal spot with smaller. Fig. 37.—Egyholis vaillantina, t^. spot above it from costa, both edged by black; an indistinct post- medial black line arising below the costa, oblique to below vein 4, then incurved, sometimes with an orange striga at inner margin and rarely one beyond the cell. Hind wing black, the inner margin, veins of terminal half, and the terminal area brilliant metallic blue. Underside of both wings black suffused with brilliant metallic blue. Hah. Congo, 1 $; Zanztbak (Trimen), 1 $ ; Br. E, Afrjca, Pemba I. (Burtt), 1 c?, Mombasa (de la Garde), 2 $; Uganda, Wadelai {Emin Pasha), 1 $; Gbkm. E. Africa, Dar-es-Salaam, 1 c?, Magila, 2 2, Usagara Distr. (iV'eave), 2 $ ; Br. C. Africa, L, Nyasa, Florence Bay (Neave), 1 c5', 1 $ , Fort Maguire (JVeave), 1 c?, 4 $ , Fort Johnstone (Neave), 1 § , Karonga Distr. (Weave), 1 $ , Fort Songwe {Johnston), 1 $ , Blantyre {Ambruster), 1 ^, Lr. Shire Valley {Neave), 1 § ; MozAMBiaun, Beira {Marshall), 1 § ,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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