. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 224 Gonus ARDONEA. t, Tvpe. Archiirn, Wlk. ii. 4< of male bipeclinate with moderate branches, of female with cilia and bristles, the shaft slightly dilated before middle ; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell and curved at base, ;i from before angle; 4, 5 from angle^ 0 from u])per an vci stalked ; 8 from middle of cell glo : 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with \n 2 from well bevond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 absent; 0, 7 shortly A.


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 224 Gonus ARDONEA. t, Tvpe. Archiirn, Wlk. ii. 4< of male bipeclinate with moderate branches, of female with cilia and bristles, the shaft slightly dilated before middle ; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell and curved at base, ;i from before angle; 4, 5 from angle^ 0 from u])per an vci stalked ; 8 from middle of cell glo : 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with \n 2 from well bevond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 absent; 0, 7 shortly A. Fore wing creen morio. 13. Fore wing black-brown, with whitish streaks in the interspaces, teuehrosa. 4G5. Ardonea morio. Arifoiira morio, Wlk. ii. 482 (1854); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 130 ; Kirby. Cat. Hot. p. 287. Doracis coraciiia, Uoisd. Lip. Gnat. p. OG (1870). Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing deep blue-green ; hind wing deep Fig. 145.—Ardonea morio, (^. { Hah. ^[kxico, Grote Coll., Cordova (JRiimeli), Coatepec (Brools), Atoyac('S(7<?;j)m«),Orizaba {Elnus, Godmon),Guevvcro( Smith), Jalisco (5c/n/»(a»), Misantla (Trujillo), T)m-fingo (Foi'rer); Gf.^te- MALA {Champion); (Bl(i))cniie(ii(), Costa Rica {Underwood, ]fo;/eni) ; Panama (Champion), Godman-Salvin Coll.; Colombia Bogota (T't/•//(//•«); Venezuela, type. Er^)., (5 34, 5 40 luillini. 400. ? Ardonea tenebrosa. (Plate XXIV. fig. 0.) Caralrs hnrhrosa, Wlk. xxxi. 300 (1864) ; Xirby, Cat. Het. p. 207. $. (Head wanting); black-brown; patagia with grey patches. Fore wing with prominent medial whitish streaks above and beh)w submcdian fold and on inner margin ; two indistinct brownish streaks in end of cell ; streaks intersected by fine streaks of the ground-colour in the interspaces towards termen, reaching tlio termen except towards apex and above and below vein 4. Huh. Bkazil, llio Janeiro, I $ type. Exj^). 34 milliin. I. Please note that these images are extracted


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