. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Sl'HIKGJFOEMA. 525 *6897. Sphingiforma prafcti, &phingiforma pratti, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 241 (1906). (S . Head and thorax black-brown with a greyish tinge ; pectus whitish tinged with brown ; legs brown mixed with w^hite, the fore tibiae and tarsi striped with w^hite in front, the hind tibia? streaked with white above at base, the hair on hind legs white tinged with brown ; abdomen black-brown with a greyish tinge, the extremity and lateral fringes of hair white, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface whit
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Sl'HIKGJFOEMA. 525 *6897. Sphingiforma prafcti, &phingiforma pratti, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 241 (1906). (S . Head and thorax black-brown with a greyish tinge ; pectus whitish tinged with brown ; legs brown mixed with w^hite, the fore tibiae and tarsi striped with w^hite in front, the hind tibia? streaked with white above at base, the hair on hind legs white tinged with brown ; abdomen black-brown with a greyish tinge, the extremity and lateral fringes of hair white, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with ochreous. Pore wing grey-white, the basal half suffused with fuscous brown, the apical half irrorated with brown, the costal edge white ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, very oblique from costa to submediau. Fig. 202.—Siohhigifonna praiii, cT • fold, then erect and slightly angled inw^ards on vein 1 ; a black discoidal point; a very indistinct, rather diffused dark medial line, very oblique from costa to vein 1 and bsut inwards to inner margin ; an oblique quadrate fuscous patch on costa beyond middle with the very faint minutely waved postmedial erect line rising from it; a very indistinct subterminal line with black points on the veins, angled outwards at vein 6 and ending at tornus ; cilia whitish at base with dark line at middle, and red tips w^hitish towards apex. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown with the apical area greyish, FTah. Br. N. , Dinawa (Pratt), type f d in Ooll. Eethune-Baker, Ekeikei, Ecvp, 58 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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