. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 3i.'0 , 47o'\ Sesamia coniota. (^Plate CXLIV. fig. 19.) Sesamia coniota, Ilinpsn. .' nn. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 2St7 (1902). Head and thorax oclireous white with a faint rufous tinge; pal])! fuscous, ])ale at tips; forelegs above, the spurs of mid and hind tibiae and the extremities of tarsi tinged ^\ith fuscous ; ahdomea ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous with a faint rufous tinge and sparsely irrorated with black ; an antemedial black point in submedian fold; traces of a black discoidal point ; a curved post- medi
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 3i.'0 , 47o'\ Sesamia coniota. (^Plate CXLIV. fig. 19.) Sesamia coniota, Ilinpsn. .' nn. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 2St7 (1902). Head and thorax oclireous white with a faint rufous tinge; pal])! fuscous, ])ale at tips; forelegs above, the spurs of mid and hind tibiae and the extremities of tarsi tinged ^\ith fuscous ; ahdomea ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous with a faint rufous tinge and sparsely irrorated with black ; an antemedial black point in submedian fold; traces of a black discoidal point ; a curved post- medial series of black points on the veins, ending with a point nearer base in submedian fold; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous. y/«6. MAsnoxALAND, Salisbury (i/ar«A«Z/,Z>o6J2e), 4 d , 1 2 type; C. CoLOKY, Annshaw (J//ss F. JSarrett), 1 J. '2>. 18-2-4 millim. Sect. II. AnteLnse of male bipectiuate with extremely short branches, the apex serrate. A. (Microsemyra). Hind wing with reins 3, 4 strongly stalked in male, from cell in female. 4756. Sesamia pallida. Microsemyra pallida, Butl. P. Z. S. ISSo, p. ;); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 286. Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi tinged with fuscous above ;. y Fig. \A^.— Sesamia pallida, (^. \, abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with a ft-w scales ; an antemedial black point in submedian fold ; traces of an obliquely curved postraedial series of points on the veins with more prominent black points before them in discal and submedian lolds ; a terminal series of slight black points; cilia with a slight dark 1 ne near base. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous. I JJal). Bombay, Mhow {itivinlioe), 1 cT, 1 5 type, Eap. 6 22,i $ 24 millim. i E. Iliiid wing wi(b veins 3, 4 fioiii cell in both sexes. a. Fore wing witb ;mte-and postmedial dentate lines rul>ritincta^ b.
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