Hylicella colorata Evans, 1956

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Hylicella colorata Evans, 1956

( Figs 1–3 )

Hylicella colorata Evans, 1956: 195 , fig. 7A; Evans, 1961: 15, fig. 1D; Evans, 1964: 180; Carpenter, 1992: 233, fig. 150.6; Jell, 2004: 45, 2 unnumbered figs.

Material ( all Mount Crosby ). Holotype tegmen UQC1841 . Six additional tegmina: QMF3686 (= UQE 5 ), UQE2 / 2A, 3, 6, 24 (all listed by Evans 1961); ACC: I.53.

Description. Tegmen 11.9–13.1 mm long (holotype 11.9), 4.1–4.5 mm wide (holotype 4.2), length/width 2.8– 2.9; comparative widths of RA and RP cells variable, in holotype RA cell much broader, in other specimen both cells of similar widths; coloration where preserved quite brightly patterned ( Figs 1, 3 )—stramineous (preserved in holotype, UQE3 and I.53), with three or four transverse irregular and sometimes incomplete black fascia, at base, ⅓ and ⅔ lengths (preserved in holotype, UQE2/2A, UQE3 and I.53) ( Figs 1, 3 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Hylicella colorata Evans: 1, 2, holotype UQC1841; 3, UQE2A; bc, basal cell; CP, ‘additional lower carina in costal field’ (Shcherbakov 1984); pc, precostal carina.