. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 374 4825. Megalodes eximia. Cos)7iia ca-imia, Frr. Neue Beitr. t. p. 104, pi. 442. f. 3 (1884); Scbaff. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 399 (1849); Guen. Noct. ii. p. 261j pi. 10. f. 16 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 240. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish; abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with pale olive-green. Fore wing olive- green suffused over whitish; the veins slightly streaked with whitish; a narrow obliquely curved greenish-white antemedial band ; reniform slightly defined by whitish, expanding a
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 374 4825. Megalodes eximia. Cos)7iia ca-imia, Frr. Neue Beitr. t. p. 104, pi. 442. f. 3 (1884); Scbaff. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 399 (1849); Guen. Noct. ii. p. 261j pi. 10. f. 16 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 240. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish; abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with pale olive-green. Fore wing olive- green suffused over whitish; the veins slightly streaked with whitish; a narrow obliquely curved greenish-white antemedial band ; reniform slightly defined by whitish, expanding above and narrowing below ; a narrow greenish-whito postmedial band, oblique from costa to vein 7, then inwardly oblique and slightly. Fig. 171.—Megalodes eximia, (S. \. incurved; a narrow greenish-white subterminal band, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique ; a fine whitish terminal line ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale red-brown ; cilia whitish slightly tinged with brown. Under- side of fore wing brown, the costal and apical part of terminal area whitish irrorated with olive-green; hind wing white slightly irrorated with olive-green, traces of a difi'used curved postmedial line. Hah. Armenia ; Asia Minoe, Pontus, 1 J , 1 $ , Lydia (Lederer), 8 J, 3 2, Taurus, Amanus Mts., 1 $ ; Sykia, 1 c? , 1 $, Mardin ; E'rEDisTAN. Exjh 34-40 millim. Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Motbs Eur. p. 290; Hffm. Raiip. p. 144. Thick; yellowish green with small whitish warts and dark red- brown points ; head yellow-brown ; thoracic shield dark brown. Food-plant, Malvus. 7. Genus NARTHECOPHORA. Type. Narthecophora, Smith. Proc. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 485 (1900)... puluerea. Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi obliquelj^ upturned, very short, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front; fi-ons with large trifid corneoiis process, the middle point long with ridge above, a curved corneous plate below it; eves large, round ; antennae of male laminHte ; thorax cloth
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