. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LOPHOEACHE, 649 ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the basal crest rufous,, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing with the basal area olive-yellow extending on costa to beyond middle, on inner margin to near middle, the costal edge greyish, the terminal half red-brown suffused with purplish grey, its inner edge oblique; postmedial line indistinct, dark, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line represented by a faint series of dark points on costal half, incurved below vein 3 and with rufous and yellowi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LOPHOEACHE, 649 ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the basal crest rufous,, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing with the basal area olive-yellow extending on costa to beyond middle, on inner margin to near middle, the costal edge greyish, the terminal half red-brown suffused with purplish grey, its inner edge oblique; postmedial line indistinct, dark, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line represented by a faint series of dark points on costal half, incurved below vein 3 and with rufous and yellowish patch beyond it in submedian interspace ; a terminal series of minute dark points with whitish scales before them ; cilia brownish. Fig. 181.—Lo2)horache fulviriifa, ^ • !• grey. Hind wing dark greyish brown, the cilia brownish grey ; the underside brownish grey slightly irrorated with dark brow a, an indistinct discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous ; fore wing with the basal area ochreous irrorated with a few rufous scales, a slight subbasal line from costa to median nervure, an oblique antemedial brown bar from costa to the brown area with an ochreous spot bej'ond it on costa, the patch beyond the sub- terminal line olive-brown defined on outer side by ochreous white, a black striga beyond postmedial line below costa, an oblique blackish streak from apex and the terminal series of points more prominent; hind w ing ochreous, the terminal area suffused with brown; the underside ochreous with slight discoidal point, curved postmedial line and some brown at apex. Hab. Be. E. Afeica, Teita (Jackson), 1 $ , Taveta (Rogers), 1 S type. Exp. 28 millim. 5985. Lophorache eustrotiodes, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 17.) 2 . Head and thorax ochreous ; antennae ringed with brown ; pectus whitish; the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen brown with ochreous segmental lines, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing ochre
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