al ground, on the second pair darker; space between the
first pair of legs densely clothed with long ferruginous hair; two hind
pair of legs with two strong spurs, one rather shorter than the other;
the tibiae have each a tuft of yellowish white hairs, the legs themselves
are covered with short ferruginous scales or hair, those on the soles of
the tarsus being somewhat ochrey in colour.
Trichetra isabella. Illustration 27 Insects 10.
Alis anticis albis, fasciis tribus apiceque nigris, maculis subocellatis
duobus inter fasciam secundam tertiamque, maculis octo apicalibus;
posticis nigris, basi anguste, apiceque marginali ochraceis. (10 figures
1 and 3)
Antennae destroyed. Triangular tuft between the eyes, reddish ochre, the
sides brown; hairs on thorax white, with a yellowish tinge. The upper
wings have their general surface white, the margin at the base being
ochrey-orange; there are two black parallel bands suffused towards the
outer margin, and in this way connected; a third somewhat diagonal band
is in this manner also connected with the second; near the margin there
is also a connection between the second and third bands by means of a
brownish band interspersed with white scales, and in this are two
subocellated spots, white, with an ochrey-orange roundish pupil; the
second just in front of the third band white in front, and ochrey-orange
behind; behind the third black band there comes a narrow band of white
scales, with an ochrey-orange spot at the end near the outer margin. The
tip of the wing is (broadly) velvety brown, with eight marginal whitish
spots; the fringe is mixed with black and ochrey; the ochrey tingeing the
posterior margin of some of the outer spots.
The under wings are velvety brown; the base being obscurely ochrey; the
yellowish colour running up into brown; the fringe behind is ochrey.
The under wings are ochrey at the base; the outer margin of the first
pair being dark brown; the brown of the second pair is scolloped on the
margin as is that of the first. The body above, on the sides and on the
margin beneath, is covered with velvety black hair; beneath there is a
somewhat indistinct longitudinal brownish band down the middle.
The hairs on the end of the body are longish, and not in a dense close
effused tuft as in the female; the legs are hairy, the brushes being
black and yellowish white.
Female: Alis anticis albis fasciis tribus brunneo-nigris apice
brunneo-nigris.
Maculis 8
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