. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 590 NOCTUIDJE. ltl;ifkisl» at base of cilia. Hind wing white; a Blij^ht rufous (liscoidiil striga ; cilia rufous from apex to vein 2 on the extremity of which the rufous forms a slight streak. Underside of fore wing tinged with cupreoiis red except the inner area, the costal area irrorated with red to beyond middle, the apical parts of costal and terminal areas suffused with greenish grey and with a white subapical spot above vein 7; hind wing with the costal area and the terminal area to vein 3 tinged with yellow a
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 590 NOCTUIDJE. ltl;ifkisl» at base of cilia. Hind wing white; a Blij^ht rufous (liscoidiil striga ; cilia rufous from apex to vein 2 on the extremity of which the rufous forms a slight streak. Underside of fore wing tinged with cupreoiis red except the inner area, the costal area irrorated with red to beyond middle, the apical parts of costal and terminal areas suffused with greenish grey and with a white subapical spot above vein 7; hind wing with the costal area and the terminal area to vein 3 tinged with yellow and irrorated with red, a red discoidal bar and sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines from costa to vein 3. 5 . Fore wing tinged Avith orange-red except on costal area ; hind Aving tinged with orange-red, deeper on apical area, the inner area pale purplish grey. Hah. SiKHiM, type t ? in Coll. Rothschild ; Assam, Khtisis, 1 J , 1 $ . Exp. S 22, $ 28 millim. Genus CHLOEOPLAaA, nov. Type, C. nycjmia. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi iiptnrnefl, the 2nd joint reaching abont to middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smootli; eyes large, round; antenna^ of male almost simple; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and witliout crests; tibias slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only, the male witli large lateral fans of scales covering a very large ventral orifice. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate, the inner margin lobed ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; G from npper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 7; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 6 fully developed from just above angle; (», 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 7013. Chloroplaga nygmia. Acontia nygmia, Swiidi. A. M. N. H. (G) xii. p. 217 (1893). (S. Head and thorax pale red-brown tinged with grey, the vertex of head with some green ; palpi Avith
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