. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 55. — Gampola fasciafa, r^. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) Genus LEXIS. Lexis, WUgm. Handl. (2), 5 (4) p. 41 (18(>5) Tigrioides, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 359 hipunctigera. altcriui. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect; antenna of male usually with bristles and cilia; tibi£E with the t:purs short; abdoiiieu clothed with rough h:iir. Fore wing usually long and narrow, the costa arched towards apex, the termen short; vein 2 froui middle ot cell, curved near base ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; T) stal
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 55. — Gampola fasciafa, r^. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) Genus LEXIS. Lexis, WUgm. Handl. (2), 5 (4) p. 41 (18(>5) Tigrioides, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 359 hipunctigera. altcriui. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect; antenna of male usually with bristles and cilia; tibi£E with the t:purs short; abdoiiieu clothed with rough h:iir. Fore wing usually long and narrow, the costa arched towards apex, the termen short; vein 2 froui middle ot cell, curved near base ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; T) stalked with 7, 8, 9, or from or from below angle of cell; 7 from beyond 9; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from long befure angle of cell; 3, 4 on a long stalk; 5 absent ; G, 7 stalked; 8 from middle of cell. Didl brownish ochreous; fore Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipeetinate. 217. Lexis sahulosalis. Selca sabulosalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1219 (1865). Lithosia brevipcnnis, Suell. in Veth's Midden-Sumatra, Lep. p. 30 (18S0); Kirby, Cat. Met. p. 317. wing sometimes mottled with slightly darker scales and with discoidal point; hiud wing paler. Fore wing- rather short and broad ; veins 6, 7,.8, 9 stalked. Uab. BuKMA, Rangoon (Scott), 3 J, 2 5 : Sumatra, type t hi'evij:>eniiis S in Mas. Leyden ; fioKSEO, Sarawak. Fig. 56.—Lexis , (^. ( Wallace), 1 J type. Kcp. 22 millim. Sect. II. AntennsB of male with bristles and cilia. A. Palpi reaching just beyond frons. a. Fore coxa; of male with thick tufts of black hair. 218. Lexis leucanioides. Lithosia leucanioides, Wlk. Jouni. Lin;i. So'., Zool. vi. p. 1()3 (18G2); Swinhue, Cat. Ilet. Mus. Oxon, p. 124, pi. iii. f. 7 ; Kirby. Cat. llet. p. 325. i2. 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; H
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