. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ACn^A. 501 b. Tliorax of male, the two basal segments of abdomen, and the base of inner margin of fore wing, but not the base of hind wing, with tufta of rough hair. 7625. Achaea dasybasis, n. sp. Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous ; antennae, palpi, pectus, and legs grey-brown ; abdomen pale grey-brown, the base of dorsum whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a slight rufous gloss and some dark irroration, the inner area pale rufous at base and with a cupreous gloss towards tornus; a small tuft
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ACn^A. 501 b. Tliorax of male, the two basal segments of abdomen, and the base of inner margin of fore wing, but not the base of hind wing, with tufta of rough hair. 7625. Achaea dasybasis, n. sp. Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous ; antennae, palpi, pectus, and legs grey-brown ; abdomen pale grey-brown, the base of dorsum whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a slight rufous gloss and some dark irroration, the inner area pale rufous at base and with a cupreous gloss towards tornus; a small tuft of white scales below base of cell; a slight dark subbasal line from costa to median nervure; autemedial line slight, dark, oblique,. Fig. 121.—Achcsa dasyhasis, (^ ]. sinuous; a small dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal spot > a faint slightly waved dark medial line, incurved below vein 5 > postmedial line dark, waved, oblique to vein 6, and with a white patch beyond it irrorated with brown, traversed by slight dark streaks on the veins and b^^ the dentate subterminal line double towards costa where it forms a dark mark with two white points on it, the postmedial line oblique from vein 6 to 3, then incurved, strongly in submedian interspace where there is a white spot beyond it follow^ed by a waved white line with small white spots above and below its extremities ; a series of slight black lunules just before termen. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal area fuscous except towards termen; a white spot at apex, and the termen and cilia white between veins 7 and 4. Underside grey. 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, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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