vitta

• The vitta was at once the symbol and the talisman of chastity. —  Gryll Grange
• 770. We must suppose that Iphis wore the ‘vitta,’ which was an article of female dress, in private only, and in presence of her mother. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• On each side, sometimes on the anterior aspect, sometimes quite laterally, is a narrow elongated band or vitta, as it is here designated, from which the distinctive sectional appellation is derived. —  Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
• Iphis wore the ‘vitta,’ which was an article of female dress, in private only, and in presence of her mother. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• _ Nigra, subtilissime punctata, antennis piceis, thorace vitta cinerea, tarsis posterioribus albis, alis nigricantibus. —  Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology

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