CHARACOMA. 



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discoidal striga ; an inwardly oblique black striga from middle of 

 costa with a wedge-shaped fuscous patch beyond it ; postmedial 

 line double, black, arising from lower edge of the fuscous patch, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a carved black line from it at 

 submedian fold to inner margin near tornus; subterminal line 



Fig. 78. — Characoiiia scxiliiiea, (^ . \. 



black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal 

 fold and ending below vein 3 ; an oblique black shade from cilia 

 below apex, its inner extremity bent downwards ; a terminal 

 series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish with line black lines 

 near base and tips. Hind wing grey-white suffused with fuscous ; 

 the underside fuscous, the cell and inner area whiti-h. 



Hab. CojfGO Fkee State, Makala Distr. (Powell- Cotton), type t 

 (S in Coll. Ecthune-Baker. E.ij). 22 niillim. 



b. Hind wing of male wilh tiie terinen trmicjte towards tornus wliich is 

 I'ibed and witli tiit'ts of long hair, the inner margin short ; vein 4 

 from 3 just before lermen in male onlj. 



6492. Cliaracoma metalophota. 



Blenlna metcdopliota, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 526 (1896). 



Head and thorax white mixed with rufous and some black scales, 

 the tegulae with slight dark line near tips ; antennge fuscous except 

 towards base ; fore tibiae with some black points, the tarsi black 

 ringed with white, the mid tarsi black at tips; abdomen fuscous 

 brown, paler at base, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white 

 tinged in parts with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal 

 line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold, a black streak 



Fig. 79. — Characoma metalophota, J. \. 



before it in cell ; antemedial line black, oblique, waved, with 

 oblique black streaks above and below vein 2 from it to postmedial 

 line ; reniform indicated by some slight black marks ; postmedial 

 line black, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to vein 6 where 



