Cat. lep. Ph. Brit. Mus. Supp. 1

442 d. Mesothen flavicostata. (Plate VII. fig. 19.)
Mesothen flavicostata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xviii. p. 77 (1906).

Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; palpi and antenna
black, the latter with the shaft white towards tips ; vertex of head
with black point; shoulders, pro- and metathorax with black
spots, the patagia with short black stripes; fore cox in front,
the extremity of femora, and the tibiz and tarsi above black, extremities
of mid femora and the base and extremity of tibie and
tarsi black ; hind legs with the extremity of femora and base of
tibie black ; Abdonen with dorsal and lateral series of black spots,
the ventral valve with black spot at extremity and line beyond it,
the end of abdomen blue-black. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and
margins black ; an orange streak yelleponee to well beyond middle
and some orange at base ; a slight black discoidal lunule; the
terminal band “expanding ‘widely on apical area and slightly at
tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black; the
inner area black with a slight hyaline streak; the terminal line
expanding into a patch on apical area.



AZ NOTE: Cat. Lep. Ph. Brit. Mus. uses a non-standard definition of "tegulae" and "patagia".
From Vol. 1:
"The thorax consists of three segments-the prothorax, bearing the
tegulm or collar-lappets, the patagia or shoulder-lappets, and the
fore legs ..."