. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. PERIGEA. â 297 between them, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, greyish faintly defined by brown on each side, minutely waved, on the rufons apical spot represented by two slight blackish streaks on the veins with white points on each side of the one below costa, almost obsolete on the grey-white patch which ex- tends to vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black lunules with whitish lunulas before them on rufous area ; cilia white with blackish line through them and mixed wi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. PERIGEA. â 297 between them, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, greyish faintly defined by brown on each side, minutely waved, on the rufons apical spot represented by two slight blackish streaks on the veins with white points on each side of the one below costa, almost obsolete on the grey-white patch which ex- tends to vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black lunules with whitish lunulas before them on rufous area ; cilia white with blackish line through them and mixed with blackish at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown except basal and inner areas, the inner area tinged with ochreous and the fringe with rufous; the termeu whitish with obscure series of subterminal brown lunules ; the extremity of veins reddish ; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules ; cilia white; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with rufous, a faint discoidal spot and postmedial line from costa to vein 5, a diffused fuscous subterminal band and terminal series of small blackish lunules from costa to vein 2. 2. Fore wing rather more suffused with brown and the markiugs more distinct; hind wing suffused with fuscous except basal area. Bab. Panama, Chiriqui; Venezuela, Aroa, 1 S ; Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 5 , Rio Janeiro. Exjy. 42 millim. B. Palpi of male with the basal joint normal, the 2nd joint shorter than in section A and fringed in front with rather downturned hair, with tufts of long hair at exti-emity and on 3rd joint on inner side only, a tuft of hair from below base of palpi; antennje with the basal joint dilated and tufted with hair behind, the shaft distorted just before middle ; fore tibiaj and tarsi normal; abdomen with lateral tufts of reddish hair from base and large fan-shaped dorsal crest at base ; hind wing with fringe of long hair and scales on inner margin. 3096. Perigea mimica, n. sp. cJ. Head ochreous mixed with rufo
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