. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 92 slight maculate dark postmedial line and maculate subterminal shade forking towards costa. 5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing bright rufous; abdomen pale rufous ; hind wing oehreous tinged with rufous; underside bright yellowish rufous, the hind wing with black diseoidal Fig. 25.—Mods undata, J. A-b. 1. virhia, 6 . Fore wing with small black spot above inner margin before the antemedial line. Ab. 2. pellita, S • Fore wing with black-brown suffusion bej^ond the ante- and postmedial lines.—Africa. Ab. 3. may


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 92 slight maculate dark postmedial line and maculate subterminal shade forking towards costa. 5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing bright rufous; abdomen pale rufous ; hind wing oehreous tinged with rufous; underside bright yellowish rufous, the hind wing with black diseoidal Fig. 25.—Mods undata, J. A-b. 1. virhia, 6 . Fore wing with small black spot above inner margin before the antemedial line. Ab. 2. pellita, S • Fore wing with black-brown suffusion bej^ond the ante- and postmedial lines.—Africa. Ab. 3. mayeri. Similar but smaller.—Malagasy subregion. Ab. 4. S • Fore wing with narrow black-brown bands beyond the ante- and postmedial lines.—Philippines. Ab. 5. gregalis. Fore wing nearly uniform grey-brown with the markings obsolescent.—Formosa, Java. Hah. Sierra Leo^s'B {Foxcroft, Morgan), 2^,4$ types mutiiata, jugalis, dlffundens, associata; GtOld Coast, Bibianaha {SpurreU), 1 6 , Ashanti, 1 d"; S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 2, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 $ ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Simjjson), 2 c?, 2 $ ; CameroOjS^s, 1 d ; Congo {Cttrror, Marsden), 1 c?, 1 $ type suhcsnescens, Katanga, Kam- bove (JVeave), 1 d, 1 ? ; Sudan, White Nile, Gabt-el-Meghahid {Dunn), 1 (S; Uganda, Wadelai {Emin Pasha), 1 d", Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 c?, 3 5; Br. E. Africa, Munisu {Ld. Delamere), 1 2, Mombasa {de la Garde), 1 $ ; Germ. E. Africa, Moschi, 1 c?, Usagara {Neave), 1 $, Rusizi {Grogan), 1 $ ; Br. C. Africa, Mlanji Boma {Neave), 1 $ , 2 c?, L. Nyasa, Florence Bay {Neave), 1 $, Zomba {Johnston), 2 5 , Blantyre {Neave), 1 (S, Chinde {de Jersey), 2 d", Lr. Shire Valley {Neave), Id;. 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, G


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