. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. AM METOPA. PEOXOPHAN A. 121 incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line represented by faint dark suffusion on its inner side» angled outwards at vein 7 and escurved at middle. Hind wing. Fig. 32.—Ammetopa codeti, ,$. \. whitish sTifFused with fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips; the underside whitish with diffused curved postmedial line and terminal bend. Hab. Algeria, Biskra (i/rs. Nicholl, Eaton), 2 (S . Exp. 26 millim. Genus PROTOPHANA, nov. Type, P. ce
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. AM METOPA. PEOXOPHAN A. 121 incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line represented by faint dark suffusion on its inner side» angled outwards at vein 7 and escurved at middle. Hind wing. Fig. 32.—Ammetopa codeti, ,$. \. whitish sTifFused with fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips; the underside whitish with diffused curved postmedial line and terminal bend. Hab. Algeria, Biskra (i/rs. Nicholl, Eaton), 2 (S . Exp. 26 millim. Genus PROTOPHANA, nov. Type, P. cervina. Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, porreet, fringed with long hair below ; frons smooth with curved corneous plate below it; eyes small, elliptical; antenn£e of male ciliated ; head and thorax roughly clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with spi-eading crests; tibise fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with veins S and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discooellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 2223. Protophana cervina. Herrichia cervina, H. Edw. Ent. Am. vi. p. 114 (1S90); Smith, Cat. Noct. 3Sr. Am. p. 308. S. Head and thorax ochreous mixed Avith bright rufous, the extremity of patagia and metathoracic crest with a few black scales; antennae tinged with fuscous; tarsi fuscous ringed with ochreous; abdomen greyish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing. 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, bart. , 1860-1936. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees
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