. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 328 noctuid^t;. rufous sliade along median nervuro and thence to termen between veins 5 and 3; sometimes with antemedial dark]ioint in submedian fold and postmedial series ot dark points on the veins with i)oints before them in discal and submedian folds; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia ochreous Avhite. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with Fig. 144.—Sesamitt illfcrens, (^. \. Ihth. Jatan, Yokohama {Pryer), 1 c?, 2 $ type innoceas, Tsu- shima (/S'ecio/tm), 1 2 ; Centr. China, ISTi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 328 noctuid^t;. rufous sliade along median nervuro and thence to termen between veins 5 and 3; sometimes with antemedial dark]ioint in submedian fold and postmedial series ot dark points on the veins with i)oints before them in discal and submedian folds; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia ochreous Avhite. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with Fig. 144.—Sesamitt illfcrens, (^. \. Ihth. Jatan, Yokohama {Pryer), 1 c?, 2 $ type innoceas, Tsu- shima (/S'ecio/tm), 1 2 ; Centr. China, ISTingpo (Leec/t), 1 c5',Iehang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 $ ; W. China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 $ ; Formosa (Hohson), 3 d', 2 5 , types tranquilaris and gracilis; Bengal, Cawnpur (BeWon), 2 c5', Fatehpur (Z/<?(?«ou;,3 5 ; Celebes. Exp. 24-34 millim. Larva. Indian Notes, v. p, 178, pi. xii. f. 9. Cylindrical, tapering rather suddenly to head and less so to anal somite ; smooth, shining, flesh-coloured, with a few colourless bristles • the segments broadly and shallowly pitted ; head ferru"-iuous, the month-parts black ; spiracles black; dorsal vessel dark. Food-plant: Sugar-cane, in the stem of which it bores. Sect. III. AnteunjE of male serrate and fasciculate. A. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked in both sexes. 47G0. Sesamia sabulosa, n. sp. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly naixed with brown. Fore wing ochreous white irroratcd with reddish brown; ti'aces of antemedial dark points on costa, mediMU nervuro, and vein 1 ; a flight brownish shade in lower angle of cell and below and beyond the angle ; a postmedial series of blackish points on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a diffused broAvnish patch on costa towards apex and an oblique shade from termen at vein 6 to vein 4 ; a terminal series of dark strise; cilia white mixed with brown and with brown line through them. Hind. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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