. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. AMPIIORACERAS. CTENUSA. 377 the basal half black-browu, the terminal half orange-yellow. Under- side orange-jcllow with the terminal area of fore wing and the hind wing irrorated with Fig. 78.—Amplioraceras rothachikli, (^. \. Hah. Ee. I^. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000 ft. (Pratt), type f in Coll. Bethune Baker. 80 millim. Genus CTENUSA. Type. Ctenusa, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 422 carnicolor. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of bead and moderately fringed with hair in fi-ont,
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. AMPIIORACERAS. CTENUSA. 377 the basal half black-browu, the terminal half orange-yellow. Under- side orange-jcllow with the terminal area of fore wing and the hind wing irrorated with Fig. 78.—Amplioraceras rothachikli, (^. \. Hah. Ee. I^. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000 ft. (Pratt), type f in Coll. Bethune Baker. 80 millim. Genus CTENUSA. Type. Ctenusa, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 422 carnicolor. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of bead and moderately fringed with hair in fi-ont, the 3rd moderate, oblique; trons smooth ; eyes large, round ; aritennEe of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apex simple ; tliO)-ax clothed vi'ith hair only and without crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the mid and hind tibiae strongly spined ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing broad, the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins Sand 6 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen produced to a slight lobe at vein 4; the cell nearly half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 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; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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