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Description of a New Species of Epipyrops from South India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. H. T. Tams
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Male.—General coloration fuscous, with the vertex of the head, pectus, underside of abdomen, anal region, legs and base of antennal shaft mouse-grey. Fore-wings, above, covered with mouse-grey scales, amongst which are scattered irregular patches of fuscous-black scales, these predominating but forming no definite pattern; beneath, covered more uniformly with fuscous-black scales, except in the region between the first anal vein and the inner margin, which is covered with narrow elongate oval mouse-grey scales. Hind-wings above and beneath covered with fuscous scales, the inner margin furnished with long fuscous hairs. Cilia of both wings fuscous-black.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , January 1922 , pp. 468 - 469
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1922

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(Colours from: Ridgway, R.Color Standards and Color Nomenclature. Washington, D.C. 1912).CrossRefGoogle Scholar