. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. -ECESELIA. 51 104. Nigetia formosalis. Nigetia forniomlis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1506 (18B5). Nola melaiiopa, Zell. Verh. Ges. Wien, xxii. p. 458, pi. 2. f. 2 (1872); Kirby, Gxt. Het. p. 379. Head black, the vertex white ; thorax and first two segments of abdomen white, the rest of abdomen brownish ir- rorated with black and with black dorsal tufts on two medial segments ; pectus and ventral sur- face of abdomen blackish. Fore wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a broad irregular black costal fascia with oblique white st
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. -ECESELIA. 51 104. Nigetia formosalis. Nigetia forniomlis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1506 (18B5). Nola melaiiopa, Zell. Verh. Ges. Wien, xxii. p. 458, pi. 2. f. 2 (1872); Kirby, Gxt. Het. p. 379. Head black, the vertex white ; thorax and first two segments of abdomen white, the rest of abdomen brownish ir- rorated with black and with black dorsal tufts on two medial segments ; pectus and ventral sur- face of abdomen blackish. Fore wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a broad irregular black costal fascia with oblique white striDe towards apex ; a broad oblique black medial band with waved edges ; a leaden grey band just inside termen, with some brownish suffusion on its inner edge ; a series of small black ter- minal spots increasing in size towards apex. Hind wing fuscous, with pale sinuous line towards tornus. Hah. , type, type melanopa Zell. Coll.; Buffalo, N. Carolina, Texas, Grote Coll. Exp. 18-24 Fig. 16.—Nigetia formosalis, (^. Genus IKESELIA. Type. Bceselia, Hlibn. Verz. p. 397 (1827) togatulalis. Sarbena, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 137 (1862) ... lignifera. Uraba, Wlk. xxviii. 448 (1863) lugens. Evonima, "Wlk. xxxii. 505 (1865) . aperia. Ccesa, Wlk. XXXV. 1728(1866) lugens. Toxoloma, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 9 (1874), non descr lugens. Mimerastria, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vii. p. 236 (1881) mandsclmriana. Callinola, Butl. 111. Het. vii. p. 33 (1889) scripta. Proneca, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 193 fola. C'gphotopst/cke, Trans Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 297 ustipennis. Meganola, Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 42 (1898) minuscula. Proboscia fully developed or weak ; palpi porrect, downcurved, sometimes obliquely upturned, extending about the length of head and roughly sealed; maxillary palpi minute; frons with slight tuft of scales ; antenniv; with tuft of scales on basal joint; tibia; with the spurs long. Fore wing triangular ; vein 3 from before angle of cel
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