. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 480 ARCTIAD^. except at base, black ; frons, vertex of head, tegulee, patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots ; pectus and legs black, the coxsb yellow; abdomen black. Fore wing brownish black: the veins streaked with greyish towards base; a yellow point at base. Hind wing fuscous black. Hob. Celebes, Bonthain, type t $ in Coll. Snellen. Exp. 34 millim. Genus UTETHEISA. Type. Utetheim, Hubn. Verz. p. 168 (1827) bella. Deiopeia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Hau
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 480 ARCTIAD^. except at base, black ; frons, vertex of head, tegulee, patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots ; pectus and legs black, the coxsb yellow; abdomen black. Fore wing brownish black: the veins streaked with greyish towards base; a yellow point at base. Hind wing fuscous black. Hob. Celebes, Bonthain, type t $ in Coll. Snellen. Exp. 34 millim. Genus UTETHEISA. Type. Utetheim, Hubn. Verz. p. 168 (1827) bella. Deiopeia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 92 (1829) pulchella. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head ; antennae of male usually ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore wing long and narrow; vein 2 from just beyond middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from well before angle; 5 from well above angle; 6 from well below upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 from end of areole; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from well above angle; 7 from just before upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Hind wing of male with a fold on inner area above containing a tuft of long hair. A. Fore wing with crimson spots. a. Fore wing with the patch in end of cell pure white on upper and undersides, and extending to lower angle of cell elata. b. Fore wing with the patch in end of cell yellowish white on upperside, crimson on underside, and not extending to lower angle of cell cruentata. B. Fore wing without crimson spots lactea. 2084. Utetheisa elata. Noctua elata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. p. 440 (1798). Uthetheisa venusta, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 29, ff. 521, 522 (1827), nee Dahn.; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 55. Euchelia formosa, Boisd. Faune Madag. p. 85 (1833); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 346. Deiopeia diva, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. 305 (1879); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. Vig.'iXb.—Utetheisa elata, S- \- Head and
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