. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 422 ARCTIAD^. c? . Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white, the inner area only tinged with pink. Hah. Colombia, Rogotti {Stevens), 1 $ type ; Peru, Riaja {Gar- lepp). Exp., 6 34, 2 48 millim. Genus SEIRARCTIA. Seirarctia, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbilacl. iii. p. 119 (18(>i) Type. echo. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect; head and thorax clothed with long -vroolly hair; antennre of male with moderate branches, of female with very short branches; fore tibiae with long curved claw on outer side and short claw on inne
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 422 ARCTIAD^. c? . Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white, the inner area only tinged with pink. Hah. Colombia, Rogotti {Stevens), 1 $ type ; Peru, Riaja {Gar- lepp). Exp., 6 34, 2 48 millim. Genus SEIRARCTIA. Seirarctia, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbilacl. iii. p. 119 (18(>i) Type. echo. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect; head and thorax clothed with long -vroolly hair; antennre of male with moderate branches, of female with very short branches; fore tibiae with long curved claw on outer side and short claw on inner side ; hind tibiaj with the medial spurs absent. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 fre«. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upjjer angle ; 8 from middle of cell. A. Fore wing white, with dark streaks on each side of tlie veins echo. B. Fore wing flesh-colour irrorated with black clara. *1989. Seirarctia echo. PhalcBna echo. Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georgia, ii. pi. 68 (1797); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 242. Spiloso7na niohe, Streck. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1884, p. 284; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 227. d". White : palpi and legs orange, banded with black; antennae with the branches black ; abdomen with dorsal series of blackish spots, a subdorsal series of orange patches, a lateral series of small black spots and sublateral spots on three medial segments. Eore wing wdth the veins defined on each side by broad brown fasciae ;. Fig. 171.—Seirarctia echo, (j". \. a subcostal fascia extending to beyond middle. Hind wing with some brown at extremity of median nervure; veins 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 defined on each side at extremity by short brown streaks. 2 . Abdomen mostly orange above, the series of black spots much larger; hind wing without brown at end of cell and with hardly a trace of it at extremity of the veins. Hah. , Georgia, Florida. Exp. 70 miUim. Egg. Pa
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