. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. E in OP VGA. 347 fli. Fore wing vviih the postmedial line ininutely dentate, with dark jDoints beyond it on the veins. a". Fore wing grey - brown tinged \vi(li purplish red imiformis. h^. Fore wing ochreous grey-brown more or less tinged witii rufous. «K Hind wing uniform brown. «•'. Fore wing with the renif(.rm filled in with rufous 'viU(L%. h-\ Fore wing with the reniform filled in with pure white. a'''. Fore wing with the lines obsolete tertulia. b'\ Fore wing with the lines present; some small dentate black marks bef
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. E in OP VGA. 347 fli. Fore wing vviih the postmedial line ininutely dentate, with dark jDoints beyond it on the veins. a". Fore wing grey - brown tinged \vi(li purplish red imiformis. h^. Fore wing ochreous grey-brown more or less tinged witii rufous. «K Hind wing uniform brown. «•'. Fore wing with the renif(.rm filled in with rufous 'viU(L%. h-\ Fore wing with the reniform filled in with pure white. a'''. Fore wing with the lines obsolete tertulia. b'\ Fore wing with the lines present; some small dentate black marks before sub- terminal line adonea. 1638. Eriopyga contrahens. Cclmm contrahens, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 255 (18t)0); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 200. Mamestra thecaia, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 59. Graphiphora contrahens, Grote, Bull. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 180 (1878). Head and thorax g^reyish ochreous mixed with dark brown ; abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with browu. Fore wing ochreous, largely suft'ussd and irrorated with fus- cous brown, leaving the inner area and an oblique fascia from apex pale; the veins irrorated w^ith grey ; subbasal line dark, defined by ochreous on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antcmedial lino double, filled in with ochreous, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform small and rather indistinct, with dark centres and pale annuli, the former round ; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 5 ; no trace of subterminal line ; a terminal series of small black lunulcs; cilia with ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous. f***^. 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
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