326 nocttjid^:. 



4755. Sesamia coniota. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 19.) 



Sesamia coniota, Hnipsn. Ann S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 297 (1902). 



Head and thorax ochreous white with a faint rufous tinge ; 

 palpi fuscous, pale at tips ; fore legs above, the spurs of mid and 

 hind tibiae and the extremities of tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous with a faint rufous tinge 

 and sparsely irrorated with black ; an antemedial black point in 

 submedian fold ; traces of a black discoidal point ; a curved post- 

 medial series of black points on the veins, ending with a point 

 nearer base in submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area tinged 

 with ochreous. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall, Bobbie), 4 c? , 1 ? type ; 

 C. Colony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 g . Exp. 18-24 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with extremely short branches, the apex 

 serrate. 



A. (Microsemyra). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked in male, from 

 cell in female. 



4756. Sesamia pallida. 

 t, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 155; 



Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi tinged with fuscous above ; 



Microsemyra pallida, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 155; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 286. 



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Fig. 143. — Sesamia pallida, $ . \. 



abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with a few 

 fuscous scales ; an antemedial black point in submedian fold : traces 

 of an obliquely curved postmedial series of points on the veins with 

 more prominent black points before them in discal and submedian 

 iolds ; a terminal series of slight black points ; cilia with a slight 

 dark line near base. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the 

 costal area slightly tinged with ochreous. 



Bab. Bombay, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 (J, 1 $ type. Exp. <5 22, 

 $ 24 millim. 



B. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell in both sexes. 



a. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial dentate lines ruhritincta. 



b. Fore wing without ante- and postmedial lines. 



a 1 . Fore wing with the costal area white alhicostata. 



b\ Fore wing with the costal area not white inferens. 



