Taxacom: latin translation

[bumeranguesbrasil]

John, you are aleays welcome.
Ronaldo Alperin

Em qui., 20 de nov. de 2025, 15:28, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Good! That works. Thanks. John
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM bumeranguesbrasil <whennig at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Maris= from the "male"
>>
>> Em qui., 20 de nov. de 2025, 15:16, John Grehan via Taxacom <
>> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> escreveu:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> perhaps someone familiar with latin may be able to review a Google
>>> translation (with my interpretation) I did for a brief Latin description
>>> of
>>> a moth to see if I may have missed any precision. Below the original and
>>> my
>>> translation. In particular, word 'maris' is problematic as I get that to
>>> mean 'sea' but it refers to the filiform antennae (which is OK - the
>>> antenna is thin, threadlike). The original description did not illustrate
>>> the moth, but I now have that if anyone needs to see it to help assess my
>>> translation.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> John Grehan
>>>
>>> antennis flavescentibus; alias anticis supra fuscis fascia transversa
>>> testacea, albo-marginata, oblqua, postice interrupta et erga basin
>>> directa
>>> ibique nigrounipuntata; posticis fuso-brunneis. Long. al., exp. 30. mill.
>>> Hab, in Caffraria orientali. Mus. Holm. Antennae maris filiformis.
>>>
>>> Antennae yellow; otherwise anteriorly above the dark transverse
>>> shell-like
>>> fascia testacea, white-margined, oblique, interrupted posteriorly and
>>> directed towards the base [of the wing] there also punctured by a black
>>> spot; posteriorly dark-brown. Wing expanse 30 mm. Location, in Caffraria
>>> orientali [Eastern Cape, South Africa]. Mus. Holm. Antennae *maris*
>>> filiform.
>>>
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