. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MICEOHYLE.—XA2T THETIS. 727 from before angle, 9 absent; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. In key differs from Pa id in in the fore wing having vein 10 stalked with 7, 8; hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident. *880 a. Microhyle fadella. Hylemera fadella, Mab. Le Nat. ii. p. 100 (1882); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 427. c? . Head and thorax ochreous, the branches of antennas black; abdomen orange. Fore wing ochreous white tinged wi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MICEOHYLE.—XA2T THETIS. 727 from before angle, 9 absent; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. In key differs from Pa id in in the fore wing having vein 10 stalked with 7, 8; hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident. *880 a. Microhyle fadella. Hylemera fadella, Mab. Le Nat. ii. p. 100 (1882); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 427. c? . Head and thorax ochreous, the branches of antennas black; abdomen orange. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with orange; the basal and terminal areas irrorated and suffused with dark brown leaving a pale broad medial band; the terminal area much more thickly suffused, its inner edges slightly angled outwards at lower. Kg. 240.—Microhyle fadella, g. \. angle of cell. Hind wing bright orange, the cilia dark brown. Underside of fore wing orange, the apical area dark brown from costa beyond middle to torn us. Hah. Madagascar, type f 6 in Coll. Mabille. Exp. IS millim. *881 a. Xanthetis obiensis. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 5.) Xanthetis luzonica, obiensis, Eoths. Nov. Zool, xx. p. 203 (1913). 6. Head orange, the palpi and antennae black; tegulae orange tipped with black; thorax black with orange patch on metathontx ; pectus and legs black-brown, the hind tibiae yellow towards base; abdomen black, the ventral surface yellow. Fore wing orange; the costa black except at base, expanding widely towards apex ; a black subbasal line; antemedial line black, oblique; connected by a streak on inner margin with the subbasal line; a black spot in middle of cell connected with the antemedial line and a discoidal spot, the two connected by a wedge-shaped patch on and below median nervure; a black postmedial band, exeurved to vein -i, then oblique, connected with the discoidal spot, the wedge-shaped patch, and by a patch on inner area with the antemedial line ; a black terminal band only separated from th
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