. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig 08. Meteura VKTvi'aa, ^. \, Genus STENATJLIS, nov. Type, 8. discalis. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons; antennjfi of male with bristles and cilia; tibia3 with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair, the terminal segments dilated. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa slightly arched ; male with the cell very narrow and the discocellulars very short; a groove below the cell, with some long decumbent hair on each side of it towards extremity, and at its extremit
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig 08. Meteura VKTvi'aa, ^. \, Genus STENATJLIS, nov. Type, 8. discalis. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons; antennjfi of male with bristles and cilia; tibia3 with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair, the terminal segments dilated. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa slightly arched ; male with the cell very narrow and the discocellulars very short; a groove below the cell, with some long decumbent hair on each side of it towards extremity, and at its extremity near lower end of cell meeting from several directions in a tuft; vein 2 from middle oP cell, oblique; 3 from angle, much curved; 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9 and much curved; 10, 11 from a point towards end of cell, free. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle; 3, 4 coincident; 5 absent; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from near angle of cell. 240. Stenaulis discalis. Lithosia discalh, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool, vi. p. 108 (1862); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 119, pi. iii. f. 12; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 317. (S . Head, thorax, and fore wing pale reddish brown, the last with the tuft at lower angle of cell rather darker; abdomen and hind wing orange-yellow. Hah. EoKNBO, Sarawak ( Wallace), 2 S , type t d in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 20 Yig. (Jd.—SienauUs discalis, S- \.. 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, bart. , 1860-1936. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees
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