. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LEUCANITIS. 281 ventral surface white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a leaden grey gloss mixed with some reddish brown and ochreous white ; antemedial line black, slightly bent outwards below costa, then obliquely curved, defined on outer side by a narrow white band ; reniform incompletely defined by black, rather ti'iangular, an oblique whitish band bej'ond it from costa to vein 3 before the postmedial line, which is black defined on outer side at costa by ochreous white, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LEUCANITIS. 281 ventral surface white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a leaden grey gloss mixed with some reddish brown and ochreous white ; antemedial line black, slightly bent outwards below costa, then obliquely curved, defined on outer side by a narrow white band ; reniform incompletely defined by black, rather ti'iangular, an oblique whitish band bej'ond it from costa to vein 3 before the postmedial line, which is black defined on outer side at costa by ochreous white, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, slightly excurved at veins 4, 3, then retracted to lower edge of reniform, then sinuous and slightly defined on inner side by white to inner margin ; some slight white streaks on postmedial part of costa; subterminal line ochreous white defined on inner side by small somewhat dentate black marks ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia white with some dark brown at tips. Fig. Ci7.^Leiwa7ii(is sesquistria, J • t- below middle and at base at tornus. Hind wing with the basal half pure white, the terminal half black-brown, its inner edge somewhat sinuous and oblique to inner margin towards tornus ; the termen white from apex to vein 5 and with an oblique bar at vein 2; cilia white with dark patches at middle and tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique dark discoidal band connected below with the broad postmedial band which is connected with termen by dark patches at apex, middle, and tornus, the rest of termen with dark irroration except a white subterminal bar from costa; hind wing with dark discoidal point. Hal). Armenia; Kieghistan; W. Tuekestan, Turcomania, Merv, 1 c?, Tedschen Oasis (Hanser), 2 $, Syr Daria, Baigacura (KosJianfschikqf), 1 d, 2 $ ; E. Turkestan, Korla. Usjp. 28-32 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
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