. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. LYSCEIA. CONILFriA, 219 457. Lysceia bigutta. Lij,<ceia bigutta, Wlk. ii. :j41 (1854); Ivirby, Cat. Het. p. S . Head orange ; pal])i at sides and antennae fuscous ; thorax grey-brown; abdo- men gre}', the terminal segments yellow. Fore wing grey-bi-own; the costa blackish towards base; a black discoidal point and another below it in snb- median fold. Hind wing pale yellow. Hah. Natal, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 S ; Cape Colony, Fort Pitt {Br. Smith), 1 ^ type. Exp. 24-2(3 Fig. 13".—Lijsreia bigutta, (^. Genus


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. LYSCEIA. CONILFriA, 219 457. Lysceia bigutta. Lij,<ceia bigutta, Wlk. ii. :j41 (1854); Ivirby, Cat. Het. p. S . Head orange ; pal])i at sides and antennae fuscous ; thorax grey-brown; abdo- men gre}', the terminal segments yellow. Fore wing grey-bi-own; the costa blackish towards base; a black discoidal point and another below it in snb- median fold. Hind wing pale yellow. Hah. Natal, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 S ; Cape Colony, Fort Pitt {Br. Smith), 1 ^ type. Exp. 24-2(3 Fig. 13".—Lijsreia bigutta, (^. Genus (EDALEOSIA, nov. Typo, (E. iiigricoiita. Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi minute, not reaching beyond the frons, wliicli has a large rounded prominence with a corneous plate below it; antenniv? of male ciliated ; tibiaj with the spiu-s moderate. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from close to angle, 5 from above angle ; 6 from just below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 free, oblique. Hind wing w'ith vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of 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, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees


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