. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 14S pink cliscoocllulnr s]>ot. TTiiid winp fufcous Itrown, with tlic imior pinkisli : \rins \, ."i from a point. Antcniui' niinutt.'ly serrate. Al). 1. Hiii'l win;:: ]» Congo, ^fus. Stockliolni, II((f>. W. AiuicA, (Jalxton, 1 9 typo. /-/.j-y*. 'rj niillini. -^7. Metarctia rufescens. (Plate \. \\<j;. <!.) Mrfarrfii ruj'.s (»). Kirbv. Cat. p. 2l>l. Jlexaucuro mnnilifrra, ^^'llf;^Il. Wion. Knt. Mon. iv. p
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 14S pink cliscoocllulnr s]>ot. TTiiid winp fufcous Itrown, with tlic imior pinkisli : \rins \, ."i from a point. Antcniui' niinutt.'ly serrate. Al). 1. Hiii'l win;:: ]» Congo, ^fus. Stockliolni, II((f>. W. AiuicA, (Jalxton, 1 9 typo. /-/.j-y*. 'rj niillini. -^7. Metarctia rufescens. (Plate \. \\<j;. <!.) Mrfarrfii ruj'.s (»). Kirbv. Cat. p. 2l>l. Jlexaucuro mnnilifrra, ^^'llf;^Il. Wion. Knt. Mon. iv. p. 1»V1 (18r»4»); Kirbv, Cat. Hot. p. â \'X\. Metarcfio , Hnllund. P»vrlio, vi. p. .'tO.') (1S*).'>). crown ; alxlomen fulvous yellow with a pinkish tinp', and with fuseous se^rmentil bands. Fore win^ pinkish brown elouded with fuscous, and with a fuscous discocj'llular spot. Uind winj^ ])inkish fulvous ; veins 4, T) from a j)oint or shortly stalkrcl. $ with the atitennu' serrate. Ab, 1. Fore wini? much more clouded with fuscous. Ab. 2. Hind winj^ also clouded with fuscous, the of abdomen sometimes also fuscou'piciia, Holland, Knt. xxv. (Suppl.). p. 03 (1892); id. P. Mum. xvili. p. 2.^.0. pi. 8. f. 3 (IS^*,). the hair on 1st joint of antonntc IS segmental. â¦281». Metarctia benitensis. (Plate V. fig. 27.) ;i^, Ilulland, P«ivfh. u05 (ISO.*]). $ . Uniform dark fuscous ; hind wing slightly paler. c^. Hind wing whitish. Hah. W. Africa, Cameroons ; Bonita, type t in Coll. Holland. E,vp., (S 30, $ 42 millim. 290. Metarctia meteus. Sphinx meteus, StoU, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 347. B (1782); Kirbv, Cat. Hot. p. 220. Decimia bicohra, ^^^k. vii. 1718 (); Kirbv, Cat. Ilet. p. 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 Hampson
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