. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 328 4?iCTIAD^. two angles of cell, and ante- and postmedial points above vein 1. Hind wing with discoidal lunule and four, usually large, spots just before termen. Hob. Bombay, 1 S ; Nilgikis, W. slopes {Ham^son), 5 c?, type. ). 46-50 millim. 1839. Amsacta lactinea. Bomhyx lactinea, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 133, D (1777); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 27 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223. Bomhyx sanguinolenta, Fabr. Eat. Syst. iii. (1) p. 473 (1793); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 328 4?iCTIAD^. two angles of cell, and ante- and postmedial points above vein 1. Hind wing with discoidal lunule and four, usually large, spots just before termen. Hob. Bombay, 1 S ; Nilgikis, W. slopes {Ham^son), 5 c?, type. ). 46-50 millim. 1839. Amsacta lactinea. Bomhyx lactinea, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 133, D (1777); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 27 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223. Bomhyx sanguinolenta, Fabr. Eat. Syst. iii. (1) p. 473 (1793); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 74, pi. 108. £f. 6, 6a; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223. Aha marginata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 15, pi. 5. f. 1. Bhodogastria frederici, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223 (1892). Pure white; palpi crimson, black at tips; antennae black; vertex of head, neck, edges of tegulse, stripes on shoulders, fore coxae, and. rig. 147.—Amsacta lactinea^ c?. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) femora above crimson; patagia usually with black points; fore coxae with black patches, fore and mid tibiae striped with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen orange above except basal segment and anal tuft, dorsal black bands, lateral stripes, and sublateral series of points. Fore wing with crimson costal fascia; black points usually present at angles of cell, and often ante- and postmedial points above vein 1. Hind wing usually with discoidal black lunule and four subterminal spots, any of which may be absent. Ab. 1. marginata. Hind wing with complete terminal black band.—Nepal. Hah. Japan, Tokio {Jonas, Fenton), 2 2 » Oiwake (Pryer), 1 (S, Yokohama (Manley), 1 $; W. China, Chia-ting-fu, ] $ , Ichang (Pratt), 1 c? ; S. China, Swatow, 1 $ ; Foemosa, 2 c?; Kashmik, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 c^", 1 $ ; Punjab, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 2 » Jubbulpur (Miss F. Butler), 1 c?, 1 $ ; Nepal (Ramsay), 1 $ type marginata; Calcutta, Barrackpur, 1 $ ; Bombay (Sivin- lioe), 1 $ ; NiLGiEis, (Hampson), 1 S ; Shevaeo
Size: 2662px × 939px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherlondonbritishmuseu
