. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. MYOPSrCHE. 49 pectus white; 1st joint of tarsi white; abdomen with white patch at base and band on 5th seg- ment, the ventral surface with bands on intermediate segments. Pore wing with wedgc-sliaped hyaline patch in cell; an elongate patch below the cell extending ^ '^ nearly to termen, and elongate ^e mfserabilis, S- }• ^^'^^^ between veins 3 and 5 and above 6 and 7. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, the costa and apex rather broadly bla
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. MYOPSrCHE. 49 pectus white; 1st joint of tarsi white; abdomen with white patch at base and band on 5th seg- ment, the ventral surface with bands on intermediate segments. Pore wing with wedgc-sliaped hyaline patch in cell; an elongate patch below the cell extending ^ '^ nearly to termen, and elongate ^e mfserabilis, S- }• ^^'^^^ between veins 3 and 5 and above 6 and 7. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, the costa and apex rather broadly black. Hah. W. Africa, Ogove E. (Good), 1 (5 . Ea^^p. 24 millim. Type f in Coll. Holland. *42. Myopsyche puncticincta. (Plate I. fig. 24.) Syntomis pu7icticincta, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 375 (1893). <S. Black; antenna) at tips and patches on frons, patagia, and pectus white; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral white spots on 1st segment and lateral spots on 4th, 5th, and 6th segments; anal tuft orange ; the ventral surface with five white bands. Fore wing with wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell; an elongate patch below the cell extending almost to termen, and elongate spots between veins 3 and 5 and above 6 and 7. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, the costa and apex more broadly black. Hah. W. Africa, Ogove R. Exy. 28 millim. Type t in Coll. Holland. *43. Myopsyche xanthopleura. (Plate I. fig. 25.) Syntomoides xanfhopleura, Holland, Ent. News Pbilad. 1898, p. 11. ^. Black ; antennae white at tips : frons, gula), tegulnc, patagia, and pectus orange ; thorax with some orange scales ; abdomen with orange band on 1st segment, lateral orange fascia3 on 4th to ter- minal segments, which last is almost completely orange ; ventral surface orange. Fore wing with wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell; an elongate patch below the cell extending almost to termen, and large spots between veins 3 and 5 and above 6 and 7. Hind wing hyaline,
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