. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ISANTHEENE. 173 344. Isanthrene melas. Sphinx melas. Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 45. G (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 133. Zyqcena flavicornis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 104 (1787); Kii'by, Cat. Het. p. 132. Glaucopis vespoides, Wlk. i. 155 (1854). c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black : antennse orange-red, with some black on shaft; palpi in front, frons, spots on vertex of head, tegulae, patagia, and metathorax, and streaks on patagia and thorax yellow ; legs j^ellow a
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ISANTHEENE. 173 344. Isanthrene melas. Sphinx melas. Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 45. G (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 133. Zyqcena flavicornis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 104 (1787); Kii'by, Cat. Het. p. 132. Glaucopis vespoides, Wlk. i. 155 (1854). c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black : antennse orange-red, with some black on shaft; palpi in front, frons, spots on vertex of head, tegulae, patagia, and metathorax, and streaks on patagia and thorax yellow ; legs j^ellow and black, the coxae white ; abdomen with a pair of yellow spots on 1st segment, a subdorsal series of liinule&. Fig. 84.—lsa77threne mcJas, and lateral spots on next three segments, the medial segments with ventral white spots ; wings hyaline yellow, the veins and margins black. Fore wiag with the terminal band wide on apical area and expanding at vein 2 ; some orange and black at base of inner margin. Hind wing with the inner area black, the margin yellow. Bob. Brazil, 1 S , Para, type vespoides^ 1 <S , Villa Nova (Bates). Exp. 50 millim. 345. Isanthrene pyrocera, n. sp. (Plate VI. fig. 16.) Isanthrene incendiaria, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 50 (nee Hiibn.). S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black; antennae orange-red ;. frons, vertex of head, spots on tegulae and thorax, and streaks on patagia yellow ; fore coxae white ; abdomen with pair of dorsal yellow spots ou 1st segment and paired spots on the next four segments, a ventral white spot on 3rd segment; wings hyaline yellow, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the terminal band very wide on apical area and expanding at tornus. Hind wing with the inner area black. $ with the fore coxae black ; abdomen with yellow spots on five segments next the basal segment. Hah. Mexico, Jalisco (Schumann), Milpas (Forrer), type Godman- Salvin Coll. E,vj). 54 millim. 346. Isanthrene perbosci. Glaucopis perbosci, Guer
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