. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 446 AKCTIAD^. (S. Head and thorax brown, irrorated with grey; fore femora orange above; abdomen orange, with dorsal brown strigaD and the ventral surface brown. Eore wing grey-brown, thickly irrorated with fuscous; the veins paler and slightly defined by black, especially the median nervures and nervules; a dark discoidal lunule ; traces of a subterminal maculate fuscous line. Hind wing pale yellowish, slightly irrorated with brown ; the veins brownish ; the inn
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 446 AKCTIAD^. (S. Head and thorax brown, irrorated with grey; fore femora orange above; abdomen orange, with dorsal brown strigaD and the ventral surface brown. Eore wing grey-brown, thickly irrorated with fuscous; the veins paler and slightly defined by black, especially the median nervures and nervules; a dark discoidal lunule ; traces of a subterminal maculate fuscous line. Hind wing pale yellowish, slightly irrorated with brown ; the veins brownish ; the inner area clothed with orange hair; a dark discoidal lunule ; the costal and terminal areas strongly irrorated with brown ; a subterminal series of dark spots and a dark terminal line. 2 . Eather paler; abdomen with diffused dark dorsal bands; hind wing uniform grey-brown, thickly irrorated with dark brown, and with hardly a trace of the dark discoidal lunule and sub- terminal spots. Hah. Brazil, 2 $ type ; Argentina. Kxy., S 44, $ 60 millim. 2030. Antarctia lateralis. Motacla lateralis, Wlk. iv. 924 (1855); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 225. Fuscous brown mixed with grey; antennae whitish; femora yellow above ; abdomen yellow above, with diffused dark dorsal. Fig. 186.—Antarctia lateralis, (^. \. bands. Fore wing with the veins whitish ; an obscure dark spot in middle of cell, and a discoidal lunule. Hind wing with the basal half paler. Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 3 c^", 1 $ type. Kvjp., cT 42, $ 50 millim. 2031. Antarctia costata. (Plate XLIX. fig. 11.) Antarctia costata, Burm. Descr. Rep. Arg. v. p. 451 (1878) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 225. Motada bergi, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. See. iv. p. 142 (1896). (^. Dark brown ; antenna? with the shaft whitish above; fore femora dull orange above; abdomen dull orange at sides. Fore wing thickly irrorated with greyish, the veins distinctly whitish. Hind wing slightly irrorated with greyish. 2 . Abdomen dull orange dorsally, with diffused fuscous b
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