. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CROCOSIA.—PHRYGANOPSIS. 471 small postmedial black spots beyond the cell and above vein 1. Hind wing ochreons yellow, the cell tinged with fulvous, the tennen with grey-brown. Sab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 <S type, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 cS . Exp. 26 niillnn. 230 a. Phryganopsis plumosa. Phryganopsisphimosa, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 726. Antennre bipectinate with moderate branches, the shaft thickened above at base. Grey-brown. Fore wing with greyish streak on vein 1 ; a black discoidal spot. Hind wing pale


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CROCOSIA.—PHRYGANOPSIS. 471 small postmedial black spots beyond the cell and above vein 1. Hind wing ochreons yellow, the cell tinged with fulvous, the tennen with grey-brown. Sab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 <S type, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 cS . Exp. 26 niillnn. 230 a. Phryganopsis plumosa. Phryganopsisphimosa, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 726. Antennre bipectinate with moderate branches, the shaft thickened above at base. Grey-brown. Fore wing with greyish streak on vein 1 ; a black discoidal spot. Hind wing pale grey tinged with Fig. 92.—Phryganopsis plumosa, rf. f. Sab. W. Africa (Dudgeon), 1 5; Nyasaland, Up. Shire R, (de Jersey), 1 S ; Madagascar, D'Antongil (Mocguerijs), type f 6 in Coll. Mabille. Exp. 18 millim. 230 b. Phryganopsis unipuncta. (Plate XXVI. fig. 5.) Phryganopsis unipuncta, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 433 (1905). Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; fore and mid legs suffused with fuscous; abdomen yellowish white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brownish; a small round black discoidal spot. Hind wing yellowish white. Sab. Algeria, Hammam-es-Salahin (Walsingham), 2 <$, 4 $ type. Exp. 20 millim. *230 c. Phryganopsis elongata. Phryganopsis elongata, Auriv. Sjost. Kilimanjaro-Meru Exp. ii. 9, p. 25 (1910). Antenme of male bipectinate, with short fasciculate branches ; fore wing with streak of androconia at middle of subcostal nervure on underside. d. Head and thorax red-brown, the frons more fulvous brown : fore tibiae and tarsi dark brown ; abdomen fulvous brown. Fore. 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees


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