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Title: The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS
Subjects: Insects Insects
Publisher: London : William Smith, 113 Fleet Street
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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s. Monohammus variegated with buff, claj-colour and black, the pronotum having the middle and sides black, theformer inclosmg an oblong pale spot in front ; the middle of the elytra with a broad irregular fascia formed ofconfluent black spots, interrupted next the suture ; the femora aie buff in the middle, and the middle of the tibisehas a ring of I.off. Length of the insect 1^ inch. Inhabits the Himalayas. In the Collection of A. Melly, Esq. Description.—The face is black, with two buff lines, a large patch of buff on each side between themouth and eyes. The antennae are black, with the base of the third and following joints pale buff.The two lateral spines of the prothorax are very acute. The base of the elytra is shghtly rugose, andthe disc is varied with four longitudinal clay-coloiued lines on each elytron. The tips of the elytraare bispinose. The breast is pale buff, and the abdomen is varied with four rows of spots, of the samecolour. The tarsi are black, with pale cushions.
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i.a.*/. • PLATE VI. (ORDER —LEPIDOlTERA. Section-—CliEiuscuLAiiiA. LAiiaiLi.E.) FIGURE 1.UEILEPHILA CYRENE. Westw. Doilepliila alis aiitUis iilivaefo-albidis, iiubila media obscuriori punctoquc ininuto unliiiavtu, striga<;Uc fiisiU v uiedii)inarginis intcrni ad apiccm ; pnsticis iiigro-fuscis, angulo aiiali late albido ; capitis et thoracis lateribus albu-liueatismaculis<iiie duabus iiigris ad basin abdominis. Deilephila witli the fore wings of an olivo buff, darker along the costa, and witli a ihisky cloud in the middle, close towhich is a very minute dark dot, a dark patch at the base of the uincr margin, and a nearly straight dark streak fromrather beyond the middle of the iimer margin to the tip of the wing (^preceded by two or three very indistinctdusky streaks,) and followed by a dark olive-brown space ; the hind wings are black-brown, with the anal anglebroadly buff with a slight rosy tinge ; body olive-brown, with a white stnpe at tlie sides of the head and thorax,

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