. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. EUCHARIA. AXAPHKLA. 401 conjoined subdorsal crimson bands except on terminal segments. Fore wing blue-black, with j-ellowish or pure white band edged witli fulvous yellow ; two points at base ; oblique subbasal and antemedial bands, the latter sometimes not reaching inner margin or reduced to spots or striga); a medial band excurved at middle or reduced to spots and strigae ; a postmcdial band excurved below costa and conjoined to the sinuous subterminal band by a fascia between veins '3, 4. Hind wing pale, tinged with crimson
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. EUCHARIA. AXAPHKLA. 401 conjoined subdorsal crimson bands except on terminal segments. Fore wing blue-black, with j-ellowish or pure white band edged witli fulvous yellow ; two points at base ; oblique subbasal and antemedial bands, the latter sometimes not reaching inner margin or reduced to spots or striga); a medial band excurved at middle or reduced to spots and strigae ; a postmcdial band excurved below costa and conjoined to the sinuous subterminal band by a fascia between veins '3, 4. Hind wing pale, tinged with crimson towards base and . inner margin, or crimson, or scarlet; an oblique medial black band, often not reaching inner margin, sometimes absent; a discoidal lunula usually present; a subterminal blue-black spot from costa to vein 4 ; a spot from vein 3 to termen at vein 1; cilia black. Ab. 1. albicans. Fore wing with the black markings replaced by ochreous. Ab. 2. interro'/atlonis. Fore wing with the black ground-colour very much reduced; a white discoidal spot on the black band. Ab. 3. sartha. Fore wing entirely black. Ab. 4. Wings black: fore wiug with portions of the subterminal band. Ab. 5. Fore wing with the basal half brownish on one side, on the other side the whole fore wing brownish; the hind wing yellowish with the apical half brownish. Hah. France; Eelgitjm ; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Livoma ; Switz- erland, FreyColl.; Greece, Merlin Coll.; Armenia; Sxria ; Altai. Exji. 44-64 millim. Genus ANAPHELA. Ivpe. Anaphela, Wlk. iii. 751 (1855) stdlafa. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, short, clothed witli long hair ; antennae of male bipectinate, with very short branches ; eyes small; head and tliorax clothed with rough liair. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins ',i, 4 shortly stalked; 5 from well above angle; 6, 7 from upp
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