. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ESTIGMENE. 349 pinkish-white fasciae meeting on vertex of head, thence diverging to tegulae and patagia, the last with black spots ; femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal series of short black bands, the ventral surface black. Fore wing black, with almost evenly- curved, pinkish-white fascia from base of inner margin narrowing. Fig. 154.—Estigmene mitata, S' t* to apex ; cilia pinkish white or black. Hind wing pale crimson ; costal area black
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ESTIGMENE. 349 pinkish-white fasciae meeting on vertex of head, thence diverging to tegulae and patagia, the last with black spots ; femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal series of short black bands, the ventral surface black. Fore wing black, with almost evenly- curved, pinkish-white fascia from base of inner margin narrowing. Fig. 154.—Estigmene mitata, S' t* to apex ; cilia pinkish white or black. Hind wing pale crimson ; costal area black from near base to beyond middle ; a black dis- coidal spot with yellowish round it, similar irregular spots before termen at veins 5 and 2, and on termen at vein 1 ; cilia yellowish white. 2 . Cilia of both wings black, or of hind wing partly pale ; hind wing deeper crimson, without pale edges to the spots. Hah. NiLGiRis PLATEAU (Linclsriy^ Ilamjpson), 4 c? , 2 $ ; Burma, 1 c^ type. , d 48, $ 52 millim. 1876. Estigmene nigricans. (Plate XLYII. fig. 17.) Aloa nigricans, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 572 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 23 • Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 248. c?. Head and thorax black; outer edge and extremity of patagia whitish ; femora scarlet above; abdomen scarlet above, with dorsal series of black bands, the ventral surface black. Fore wing fuscous black. Hind wing scarlet; the costal area black, expanding in end of cell and emitting a subterminal band to vein 3 ; a large subterminal spot on vein 2 and a terminal spot on vein 1; cilia yellowish. Ab. 1. Yellowish-white stripes meeting on vertex of head, di- verging on tegulae and patagia, on which last are black spots ; fore wing with faint traces of a pale fascia from base below the cell curving up to apex. Possibly a melanism of vittata. Hah. Bombay, Matheran (Leith), 1 cS; Deccan (Day), 1 c? type. Ea:p. 40 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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