. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. NEPHELOMILTA. MTLTOCHRISTA. 469 base ; abdomen fuscoits, with ochreous anal tuft. Fore wing flesh- pink ; a blackish subbasal spot; the costa streaked with black towards base ; an antemedial line angled in cell, then oblique; a rather diff'uscd oblique medial line, connected in cell with the antemedial line; a discoidal luuule; a postraedial ditFused Fig. SoO.—Xephclomilta sxffusa, g. f. band slightly bent inwards to costa and outwards to inner margin, wdth a series of obscure spots beyond it, the spots below costa and vein 5 l
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. NEPHELOMILTA. MTLTOCHRISTA. 469 base ; abdomen fuscoits, with ochreous anal tuft. Fore wing flesh- pink ; a blackish subbasal spot; the costa streaked with black towards base ; an antemedial line angled in cell, then oblique; a rather diff'uscd oblique medial line, connected in cell with the antemedial line; a discoidal luuule; a postraedial ditFused Fig. SoO.—Xephclomilta sxffusa, g. f. band slightly bent inwards to costa and outwards to inner margin, wdth a series of obscure spots beyond it, the spots below costa and vein 5 larger ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing pinkish, with diffused oblique antemedial line, almost confluent with the fuscous suffusion on postmedial area, which extends nearly to termen; a discoidal lunule. Hah. NiLGiRis, W. slopes, 3000 ft. {Hampson), 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim. Genus MILTOCHRISTA. Type. Miltochrista, Hiibn. Verz. p. 166 (1827) miniata, Calligenm, Dup. Cat. Lftp. Eur. p. 59 (1844) mmiata. Barsine, Wlk. ii. 546 (1854) gratiosa. Sesapa, Wlk. ii. 647 (1854) inscripfa. Ammatko, Wlk. iii. 759 (1855) , delineata. Cabarda, Wlk. xxviii. 4u5 (1863) sequens, Castahala, W^lk. xxxi. 270 (1864) roseata. Mahavira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 11 JiavicoUis. Korawa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 11 pallida. Gurna, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 123 (1892) indica. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond the frous; anteunje of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax and abdomen clothed with rough hair; tibite with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from well before angle; 5 from well above angle; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; lU, 11 free, the latter curved and approxi- mated to 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from before angle ; 5 from above angle, from angle, or shortly stalked with 4 ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from towards end of cell. Sect. I. (Mi/iochrisfa). Fore wing of male with the m
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