. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AUCULA. VESPOLA. 423 line forming a slight fork above vein 1, and with another triangular projection beyond the cell extending to below vein 4 and with its extremity strongly recurved. Hind wing orange, the costal and terminal areas broadly black, the inner area black narrowing to a. Fig. 201.—Aucula Janeiro, i^. \. point near base, the upper extremity of the orange area arched. Underside of lore wing black-brown with large yellow patch on basal half in and below cell, and broad oblique postmedial band from below costa to terme
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AUCULA. VESPOLA. 423 line forming a slight fork above vein 1, and with another triangular projection beyond the cell extending to below vein 4 and with its extremity strongly recurved. Hind wing orange, the costal and terminal areas broadly black, the inner area black narrowing to a. Fig. 201.—Aucula Janeiro, i^. \. point near base, the upper extremity of the orange area arched. Underside of lore wing black-brown with large yellow patch on basal half in and below cell, and broad oblique postmedial band from below costa to termen between veins 4 and 2, Ilab, Brazil, liio Janeiro, 1 J . ATr^). 52 millim. 4895. Auciila siiblata. (Plate CXLVI. fig. (i.) BejMva Siiblata, Wlk. xsxi. p. 143 (1864); Kirbj, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 400. (S. Head and thorax deep chocolate-red mixed with whitish ; abdomen blackish. Fore wing deep chocolate-red irrorated with blue-white ; two indistinct antemedial lines, widely separated and oblique from costa to submedian fold, then incurved and approxi- mate ; an indistinct double waved postmedial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; a dentate blue subterminal line from costa to vein 6 and a similar terminal line to vein 3, Hind wing orange-yellov/, the costal and inner areas to near base and a ter- minal band black, the orange area arched above. Underside of fore wing with oblique orange postmedial patch from below costa to below vein 2. Hah. Brazil, Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 cS type, millim. /'> Genus VESPOLA. Type Vespolu, Wlk. Journ. Linu. Soc, Zool. is. p. 185 (1868) cceruieifera. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, sleudef, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, the 3rd long and dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antennte of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibia! moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing wi
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