. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. AOy. PiECTES. 109 the lines absent; a subbasal black striga below the cell; a black discoidal spot; a more prominent postmedial patch of black irro- ration between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing white, the margins. Fig. 41.—Aon noduiformis, (^. \. slightly tinged with brown, a slight blackish discoidal spot; the underside irrorated a few brown scales, a black discoidal spot. Hah. , Texas, 1 J. Exp. 34 millim. Genus PJECTES. Type. Tceotcs, Illibn. Verz. p. 248 (1827) pygmma. Ligura, Gtwen.'^ Y> 31)9(1852) lunode
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. AOy. PiECTES. 109 the lines absent; a subbasal black striga below the cell; a black discoidal spot; a more prominent postmedial patch of black irro- ration between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing white, the margins. Fig. 41.—Aon noduiformis, (^. \. slightly tinged with brown, a slight blackish discoidal spot; the underside irrorated a few brown scales, a black discoidal spot. Hah. , Texas, 1 J. Exp. 34 millim. Genus PJECTES. Type. Tceotcs, Illibn. Verz. p. 248 (1827) pygmma. Ligura, Gtwen.'^ Y> 31)9(1852) lunodes. Orthndosfera, But). Trans. Enh. Soc. 1878, p. 70 devincia. Callingura, Butl. Eiitoiu. xxvii. p. 284 (1804) cristatrix. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above vertex of head and fringed with liair in front and behind towards extremity, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male typically bipectinate with long branches to two-thii-ds length, the apical part ciliated; i,horax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax V,ith spreading crest, the metathorax without crest; tibiie moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen wilh dorsal ridges of scales on basal segments and lateral tufts of hair but without crests. Fore wing with tlie apex rounded the termen evenly curved, creiuilate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of ceil; 6, 7 Irom upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. {Callingura). Antennae of male bipectinate with long stiff branches to two-thirds length, the apical thud ciliated: fore tibiae with tuft of long hair from femero-tibial joint. V'^'-^''^ '*V A. Fore wi>ig with white fascia on median nervuro defined below by the black antemedial line which terminates at base on vein 1 cehece. B. Fore wing with obliqu
Size: 2996px × 834px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1898
