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Show 224 SIR G. F. HAMPS0N-REVISION OF MOTHS [Feb. 21, approximated. Hind wing Avith the cell short; veins 4, 5 closely approximated for a short distance; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. Fig. 129. Mecyna yilvata, 3 • i- (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) (1) MECYNA LIMBALIS Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 122. Europe. Pyralis rusticalis Hiibn. Pyr. f. 121. (2) MECYNA GILVATA Fabr. Ent. Syst. p. 290. S. & E. Europe ; Pyralis orientalis Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, Madeira; Syria ; p. 234. Abyssinia ; Aden ; PyralispolyqonalisbVabn. Schmett. Eur., Pyr. India ; Cevlon. * ff. 617, 204, 205. Pyralis diversalis Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Pyr. f. 102. Mecyna aversalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 409, pi. 4. f. 12. ,, teriadalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 409. t ,, deprivalis Wlk. xix. 806; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. pi. 179. ff. 1, 1 a. (3) MECYNA REVERSALIS Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 409. U.S.A.; W . Indies. (4)fMECYNA PRUNIPENNIS Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 454 (1879). Japan. (5) M E C Y N A ORNITHOPTERALIS Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 411, pi. 8. f. 12. Australia. (6) MECYNA MAORIALIS Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 134. f. 34. N. Zealand. (7)fMECYNA VIRESCENS Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vii. p. 329 (1881). Hawaii. (8)tMECYNA APICALIS, n. sp. (1898, Plate L. fig. 28.) 3 . Head and thorax ferruginous brown; abdomen pale brown. Fore Aving yelloAV-broAvn, suffused with ferruginous red and more or less irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; traces of a pale, highly waved antemedial line, especially on inner area ; some black marks on veins at end of cell and slight patches of hyaline membrane in the discal interspaces, Avith a pale waved line beyond them, dentate beyond the cell and below vein 2; an indistinct minutely Avaved ochreous postmedial line ; a silvery white bidentate mark beloAv apex, with a fuscous streak below it; a marginal series of black specks ; cilia fuscous, with a white line at base. Hind Aving hyaline yellow, with all the veins streaked Avith fuscous, and a fuscous marginal band. |
