. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 32.— Ammdopa, codeti, (^. \. whitish suffused with fuscous brown; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips; the underside whitish with diffused curved postmedial line and terminal bend. Hah. Algekia, Biskra (il/rs. Nicholl, Eaton), 2 d". Exp. 26 millim. Genus PROTOPHANA, nov. Type, P. cervina. Proboscis fully develojied; palpi short, porrect, fringed with long hair below ; frons smooth with curved corneous plate below it; eyes small, elliptical ; anteniiiu of male ciliated ; head and thorax roughly clothed with hair an
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 32.— Ammdopa, codeti, (^. \. whitish suffused with fuscous brown; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips; the underside whitish with diffused curved postmedial line and terminal bend. Hah. Algekia, Biskra (il/rs. Nicholl, Eaton), 2 d". Exp. 26 millim. Genus PROTOPHANA, nov. Type, P. cervina. Proboscis fully develojied; palpi short, porrect, fringed with long hair below ; frons smooth with curved corneous plate below it; eyes small, elliptical ; anteniiiu of male ciliated ; head and thorax roughly clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiae fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with veins t> and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with reins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 2223. Protophana cervina. Herrichia cervina, H. Edw. Ent. Am. vi. p. 114 (1890); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 308. S. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with bright rufous, the extremity of patagia and metathoracic crest with a few black scales; antenna) tinged with fuscous; tarsi fuscous ringed with ochreous; abdomen greyish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing. ,^-' Fig. 33.—Protophana cervina, ( 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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