. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. KlUZADA. PTVONOTA. 579 Sect. III. Antenna' of male almost simple. 698G, Erizada rufa. yyi-ada rnfa, Ilmpsn. A. M. N. II. (7) xvi. p. ."iSli (inu,".). S . Head and thorax red-brown ; pectus and legs , fore tibi'je rufous, the tarsi banded witli rufous ; abdomen whitish, dorsall}- tinged with red except at base. Fore wing rufous, the basal costal area brown : a brown patch on costa from middle to near apex with a very oblique diffused rufous V)and from it to inner. Fig. 22-i.~Eri-aJa rufa, S. }. mar
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. KlUZADA. PTVONOTA. 579 Sect. III. Antenna' of male almost simple. 698G, Erizada rufa. yyi-ada rnfa, Ilmpsn. A. M. N. II. (7) xvi. p. ."iSli (inu,".). S . Head and thorax red-brown ; pectus and legs , fore tibi'je rufous, the tarsi banded witli rufous ; abdomen whitish, dorsall}- tinged with red except at base. Fore wing rufous, the basal costal area brown : a brown patch on costa from middle to near apex with a very oblique diffused rufous V)and from it to inner. Fig. 22-i.~Eri-aJa rufa, S. }. margin ; cilia deep rnfoiis at base, whitisli at tips. Hind wing ])ale red, the basal and costal areas slightly paler. Underside of lore wing sufl'used with fiery red exce])t marginal areas. Jluh. SuLA ( WaJlace), 1 J type. Exf). 22 millira. Genus PTYONOTA. lypp. Pfi/ono/a, Hrapsu. Moths Inch ii. p. 424 (1894) fonuosa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, llie 2nd joint reaching about to vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the Srd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenna; of female almost simj^le; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests ; tibire smoothly scaltd ; abdomen with large fan-shaped basal crest. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen strongly excised below apex and slightly excurved at middle and vein 2; veins o and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 I'rom cell. Hind wing with \eins .'!, 4 strongly stalked; 5 fully developed from angle of cell and closely iipproximated to 3, 4 for some distance; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas- luuiosing with the cell near base onlj'. 6987. Ptyonota formosa. r/i/oiiufaforiitosa, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 425 (1894). 5 . Head and teguloe dark brown; thorax white mixed with ])nrplish red; abdomen purplish red, the basal crest silver)' white, the aiuil tuft white. Fore wing purplish red suffused with white except on inner ha
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