. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 164 KOCTUID^. at costa, oblique towards costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then oblique and waved; a series of black-brown lunules before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale red-broAvn, the costal area whitish to beyond middle, the terminal area darker; traces of a dark subterminal line, more distinct at tornus; a series of dark lunules before termen ; cilia. Fig. 50.—Safidia azteca, (S, \. with a whitish line at base ; the underside white tinged with red- brown and irrorated with dark brown
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 164 KOCTUID^. at costa, oblique towards costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then oblique and waved; a series of black-brown lunules before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale red-broAvn, the costal area whitish to beyond middle, the terminal area darker; traces of a dark subterminal line, more distinct at tornus; a series of dark lunules before termen ; cilia. Fig. 50.—Safidia azteca, (S, \. with a whitish line at base ; the underside white tinged with red- brown and irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal lunule defined at sides by dark brown, postmedial line dark brown, slightly angled outwards at discal fold and ending at submedian fold, a dark subterminal shade and series of small spots before termen. Ab. 1. Fore wing without white on medial area, the antemedial line dark defined on each side by white, the postmedial line defined on each side by white at costa and on oviter side on inner area, the subterminal line with more green before it. $ . Fore wing with the white on medial area replaced by pale brown, the tenninal area pale brown, the area before the sub- terminal line mostly green. Ab. 2. Similar to ab. 1, but fore wing tinged with purple and suffused with green scales, the area before the subterminal line pale purple tinged with white and with bright green scales beyond the diffused black line and before the subterminal line. Ab. 3. Similar but fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines defined by yellowish white. Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Trujillo), 2 c?, 2 2; Costa Etca, Candelaria Mts. {Undenvood), 1 $, Grodman-Salvin Coll. jEsj>. 54-64 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, 10t
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