English: Title: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum

Identifier: catalogueoflepid21900brit Year: 1898 (1890s) Authors: British Museum. (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, bart. , 1860-1936 Subjects: Moths; Lepidoptera Publisher: London, Printed by Order of the Trustees Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: 250 AECTIAD^. *526. Carcinopodia argentata. (Plate XXV. fig. 18.) Gnophria argentata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 199 (1897). 5 . Head orange, with some fuscous scales above the frontal prominence; antennae fuscous and white ; tegulge whitish in front, fuscous fringed with orange behind ; thorax whitish, the patagia fringed with orange; j)ectus orange ; legs whitish, orange, and black ; abdomen orange, banded with black. Fore wing silvery- whitish ; the cost a streaked with black, the inner margin with orange ; a black line from costa beyond middle oblique to disco- cellulars, then still more oblique and sinuous to submedian fold, then bent outwards to inner margin ; a slightly waved line oblique from costa before apex to submedian fold, then bent outwards to inner margin, a line arising from it at vein 5 and curving round to join it again at costa ; cilia orange, fuscous at base. Hind wing orange, the costal half fuscous black and with some fuscous suf- susion below the cell, leaving the termen orange. Underside of fore wing black, with the marginal areas orange. Hah. Transvaal, Pretoria {Distant), type t $ in Coll. Distant. Exp. 42 millim. 527. Carcinopodia furcifasciata. Gno'phria farcijasciata, Butl. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 268. 5 (Head wanting) ; thorax and abdomen golden yellow, the latter with black segmental bands; tarsi ringed with black. Pore wing pale golden yellow ; the costa black ; a medial black line excurved below costa, strongly incurved below cell; a postmedial

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 164. — Carcinopodia furcifasciata, 5- t- incurved sinuous line forming a large fork from vein 5 to the costa; cilia black. Hind wing orange-yellow. Underside of fore wing suffused with black except costal and terminal areas ; a blackish band from costa before apex to vein 5. Hah. Er. Central Africa, Pwambo {Carson\ 1 $ type. Ex^. 52 millim. Genus ONYCHIPODIA, nov. Type, 0. nir/ricostata. Proboscis aborted, sinall; palpi porrect, not reaching as far as frons, which has a large rounded projection ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia; fore tjbise with large curved claw on inner side at exlremity and short claw on

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