. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 188 NOCTUID^. line double filled in with ochreous, slightly excurved below costa, aiii;led outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin angled outwards almost to postmedial line ; claviform narrow and elongate, faintly defined by black ; orbicular with brown and fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by black, inwardly oblique elliptical; reniform with brown centre and wliitish annulus defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with w^hitish, the inner line black, the outer rufous, inwardly oblique at costa, b
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 188 NOCTUID^. line double filled in with ochreous, slightly excurved below costa, aiii;led outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin angled outwards almost to postmedial line ; claviform narrow and elongate, faintly defined by black ; orbicular with brown and fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by black, inwardly oblique elliptical; reniform with brown centre and wliitish annulus defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with w^hitish, the inner line black, the outer rufous, inwardly oblique at costa, below costa very strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete, then excurved to vein G, then slightly bent inwards and sinuous, below vein 4 very oblique to submedian fold, with a band of rufous suffusion before it froni vein 6 to inner margin with diffused fuscous line on its inner side below vein 3 ; some slight pale points on costa towards apex ; the interspaces of terminal area with short black streaks, above vein 6 extending almost to postmedial line ; cilia brown intersected with wdiite at the veins. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costa slightly tinged with rufous. 2 . Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base, the cilia white. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 5 (5", 1 § type, Nairobi {Craivshaij), 1 $, \\.\\\\\yAro (^Hanaiiiqtoii), 1 $. EuV£>. 28-38 millim. Sect. II. Antenn;c of male miniitelj serrate, of female ciliated. A. Fore wing with broad pale subcostal fascia schcfa. B. Fore wing witb the costal half whitish hemileuca. 3793. Matopo selecta. Xi/Iophasia selecta, Wlk. xxxii. 646 (1865). Caluphasia loliifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. SaS ; Hiupsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 572. S. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown ; palpi, frons, and antennaj brown : tegitla3 with brown medial line ; tarsi with whitish rings ; abdomen ochreous wdiite dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suff'used with reddish brown, the inner
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