. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. MACROCNEJIi:. 317 b^. Legs black ; fore wing witli the metallic blue hardly extending bej-ond cell lades. h. Hind tarsi with the fringe black. «^. Wings uniformly suffused with golden cupi-eous green cupreipennis. P. Wings with the metallic suffusion interrupted by a subbasal black band. a^. Fore wing with the metallic blue extending nearly to termen. a\ Fore wing witli the blue on outer half of wing entire and occupying the outer part of cell adonis. b^. Fore wing with the metallic blue on the outer half broken up into streaks


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. MACROCNEJIi:. 317 b^. Legs black ; fore wing witli the metallic blue hardly extending bej-ond cell lades. h. Hind tarsi with the fringe black. «^. Wings uniformly suffused with golden cupi-eous green cupreipennis. P. Wings with the metallic suffusion interrupted by a subbasal black band. a^. Fore wing with the metallic blue extending nearly to termen. a\ Fore wing witli the blue on outer half of wing entire and occupying the outer part of cell adonis. b^. Fore wing with the metallic blue on the outer half broken up into streaks, and only a slight streak in upper end of cell cinyras. b'^. Fore wing with the metallic blue or green hardly extending beyond cell chrijsitis. 695. Macrocnenie cyanea. (Plate XI. fig. 14.) Mastigocera cyanea, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 372 (1876) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. L30. 5 . Black shot with brilliant metallic blue ; antenntc white at tips ; base of palpi, frons, tegular, pectus behiuxl, and coxae with white points; hind legs with the fringes black, the last two joints of tarsi white ; abdomen with subdorsal and lateral white spots on 1st segment and lateral and sublateral spots on 2nd segment. Fore wing with the apical area not suffused with blue. Hind wing with white points at base below. Hah. Brazil, Eio Janeiro, 2 $ , types. Exp. 42 millim. 696. Macrocneme lades. Sphinx lades, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 83. E (1776); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 129. Glaucopis leucostigma, Perty, Del. Anim. Art. p. , pi. 31. f. 11 (1834); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 128. " Macrocneme fcrrca, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 371 (1876); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. Black; antennae white at tips : palpi at base white ; frons with two white points; shoulders, tcgnlae. pectus, coxae in front, and base of femora behind with white points, the fringe on terminal joints of tarsus white; abdomen suffi;sed with golden green ; the 1st. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pag


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