. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NEAXESTIS. 639 7085. Neaxestis griseata. (Plate CXCI. fig. 4.) Neaxestis griseata, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afi-. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902). S. Head and thorax white, the tegulse pinkish at tips, the thorax dorsally suffused with rufous; abdomen white dorsallj^ tinged with brown. Fore wing rufous irrorated with brown, the costa white to near apex ; antemedial line brown defined on outer side by white, obliquely curved ; a slight brown discoidal bar; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by a white band, angled outwards below apex to
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NEAXESTIS. 639 7085. Neaxestis griseata. (Plate CXCI. fig. 4.) Neaxestis griseata, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afi-. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902). S. Head and thorax white, the tegulse pinkish at tips, the thorax dorsally suffused with rufous; abdomen white dorsallj^ tinged with brown. Fore wing rufous irrorated with brown, the costa white to near apex ; antemedial line brown defined on outer side by white, obliquely curved ; a slight brown discoidal bar; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by a white band, angled outwards below apex to termen, then very oblique and defined on outer side by the brown subterminal line which has some whitish on its outer edge ; cilia with whitish mixed. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen yellowish. Hah. Mashonaland, Umtali (MarsJiaU), 1 c? type. Erji. 30 millim. 7086. Neaxestis acutangula. Neaxestis acutangula, Hnipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902). Head and thorax ochreous white suff^used with rufous, the head paler; palpi whitish tinged with brown above ; pectus and legs Avhitish, the fore legs tinged with brown ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous and irrorated with some dark scales, the costal edge whitish. Fig. 258.—Neaxestis acutangula, c?. \. except towards base; a yellowish streak in submedian fold ; ante- medial line whitish, acutely angled outwards on median nervure, then oblique ; a black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line whitish, very acutely angled outwards to below apex, then very oblique ; cilia rufous. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the termen and cilia tinged with ochreous brown. Hab. Teansvaal, Pretoria {Janse), 1 2 5 Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 J, 1 $ type. Exp. S 26, $ 30 millim. 7087. Neaxestis rhoda. (Plate CXCI. fig. 5.) Neaxestis rhoda, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 429 (1905). Head and thorax rufous tinged with crimson ; pectus and legs white, the tibiae a
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