. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 122 SYNTOMID^. with subdorsal and lateral series of orange spots on first seven segments and some ventral bands at base. Fore wing with wedge- shaped hyaline patch in cell; an elongate patch below the cell and vein 2 extending almost to termen ; elongate spots between veins 3 and 5 and above veins 6 T- and 7. Hind wing with orange patch on base of inner area. 1 (5" 1 § , types t in Mus. Oxon. Fig. 40.—Eressa ypleta, J • Hah. Waigiotj ( Wallace), 28 millim. Sect. IV. Antennae ciliated ; frons without furrow. A. Hind w


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 122 SYNTOMID^. with subdorsal and lateral series of orange spots on first seven segments and some ventral bands at base. Fore wing with wedge- shaped hyaline patch in cell; an elongate patch below the cell and vein 2 extending almost to termen ; elongate spots between veins 3 and 5 and above veins 6 T- and 7. Hind wing with orange patch on base of inner area. 1 (5" 1 § , types t in Mus. Oxon. Fig. 40.—Eressa ypleta, J • Hah. Waigiotj ( Wallace), 28 millim. Sect. IV. Antennae ciliated ; frons without furrow. A. Hind wing with the tornus strongly lobed and the termen excised before it. a. Fore femora and tibite of male with thick tufts of scales. 227. Eressa megatoma, u. sp. d". Black with a slight purplish tinge ; frons, neck, the long hair fringing the teguloe and pa- tagia and the fore legs orange ; abdomen with six orange bauds. Fore wing with wedge- shaped semihyaline orange patch in cell; an elongate tri- angular patch below the cell; a spot above vein 6, and two spots with semihyaline centres between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with an orange patch in and below the cell and some orange at tornus. Bab. Queensland (Maclay), 1 d type. Eap. 28 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees


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