Archive image from page 808 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( UK1MAUDAE 79!) [t is probably of [ndo Malayan origin, and must have existed in that region long- enough to acquire fixity of type before its dispersal, wliieb, geologically speaking, may not have been exceedingly remote. 1. Hepialtjs, /'. Antennae -}, in „ whitish or obsolete . 2. Iiipulinim. 1. H. hectus, L. 26-80 mm. Antennae in (J simple. Posterior tibiae in (( short, much swollen, with dense tuft of hairs, posterior tarsi in $ absent. Korewings in c? deep

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Archive image from page 808 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( UK1MAUDAE 79!) [t is probably of [ndo Malayan origin, and must have existed in that region long- enough to acquire fixity of type before its dispersal, wliieb, geologically speaking, may not have been exceedingly remote. 1. Hepialtjs, /'. Antennae -}, in „ whitish or obsolete . 2. Iiipulinim. 1. H. hectus, L. 26-80 mm. Antennae in (J simple. Posterior tibiae in (( short, much swollen, with dense tuft of hairs, posterior tarsi in $ absent. Korewings in c? deep reddish- golden-ochreous, with a basal spot, antemedian series of four adjacent spots not reaching eosta, postmedian irregular inter- rupted series of about ten spots, and sometimes some small terminal spots yellowish-silvery ; in ? fuscous, with pale i'usc- initinu of IhpUilits hamuli; lag of <?.

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