. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 202 KOCi' 7323. Ephesia fulminea. Phalmna fidminca, Scop. Eut. Carn. p. 206 (1763); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249. yoctua paranympha, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 842 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 105. ff. 1-3 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 336, 601 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. V. p. 84, pi. 49. f. 3; Fr. Neue Beitr. pi. 527. Cafocala pi-utonymfha, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 168 (1840); Guen. Noct. iii. p. 103, pi. 15. f. 12. Catocala koreana, Staud. Eom. Mem. Vi. p. 587 (1892). Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 202 KOCi' 7323. Ephesia fulminea. Phalmna fidminca, Scop. Eut. Carn. p. 206 (1763); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249. yoctua paranympha, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 842 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 105. ff. 1-3 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 336, 601 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. V. p. 84, pi. 49. f. 3; Fr. Neue Beitr. pi. 527. Cafocala pi-utonymfha, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 168 (1840); Guen. Noct. iii. p. 103, pi. 15. f. 12. Catocala koreana, Staud. Eom. Mem. Vi. p. 587 (1892). Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with red-brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with some blackish towards extremity; irons with lateral black bars ; tegulse whitish with two black-brown medial bands, the prothorax with black-brown band; pectus and legs whitish tinged with red-brown, the tibiae irrorated with brown, the fore tibias Avith black and white band at extremity, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the Tentral surface whitish tinged Avith rufous. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged with red-brown, the basal area suffused with red-brown deepening. towards the antemedial line, the outer part of medial area with a red-brown shade; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line black with a white striga before it at costa, diffused, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold, then waved, an oblique whiter shade beyond it from costa to below the cell; reniform rather narrow, with red- brown centre and grey annulus defined by black, two short black streaks beyond it and an oblique black bar above it from costa; a small whitish spot defined by black below end of cell connected by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampso
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