. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. cosoinia] ARCTIADAE. blackish, tubercles yellowish, hairs brown ; dorsal line orange- yellow ; spiracular whitish ; head black : on grasses, Erica, etc.; 8-5. 18. Phragmatobia, Stph. Head rough-haired. Ocelli present. Antennae in <J ciliated, with longer setae at joints. Palpi moderately long, porrected, rough- haired. Thorax densely hairy above and beneath. Abdomen hairy. Femora hairy beneath, tibiae smooth-scaled. Forcwings: 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 out of 9, 11 connected with 9. Hindwings: 3 and 4 sometimes connate, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 co
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. cosoinia] ARCTIADAE. blackish, tubercles yellowish, hairs brown ; dorsal line orange- yellow ; spiracular whitish ; head black : on grasses, Erica, etc.; 8-5. 18. Phragmatobia, Stph. Head rough-haired. Ocelli present. Antennae in <J ciliated, with longer setae at joints. Palpi moderately long, porrected, rough- haired. Thorax densely hairy above and beneath. Abdomen hairy. Femora hairy beneath, tibiae smooth-scaled. Forcwings: 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 out of 9, 11 connected with 9. Hindwings: 3 and 4 sometimes connate, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 connate or stalked, 8 from middle of cell. A rather small genus, mainly inhabiting northern temperate regions. Larva with dense tufts of rather long hairs. 1. P. fuliginosa, L. 28-34 mm. spotted. Forewings reddish-brown, more thinly scaled in disc ; a black diseal dot. Hindwings rose-pink ; costal half suffused with thinly strewn black scales, appearing grey ; two obliquely placed blackish diseal dots; a terminal blackish sull'used some- times interrupted fascia; cilia rose-pink. Britain to the Orkneys, N. Ireland, common; Europe, VV. and N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva dark grey or brown, hairs brown, reddish, or ochreous ; head black : on grasses, Rumex, Myosotis, etc.; 8-4. 19. Diachisia, Hb. Characters of Phragmatobia, but antennae of £ bipectinatcd to apex ; forewings with 11 separate. This genus is of some extent, and nearly cosmopolitan. Larva with tufts of moderate or long hairs. 1. Dorsum of forewings crimson or ferruginous 5. rustsula. â not crimson or ferruginous 2. 2. Abdomen orange-yellow . ⢠â :i: ,, not orange-yellow . 1. mendtca. nation of 1'hTagmutobia fidiginosu. Abdomen red, black-. 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 Meyrick, Edward, 1854-1938. London ; New York : Maomillan
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