. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 256 STNTOMID^. Genus PffiCILOSOMA. Type. Poecilosoma, Hilbn. Verz. p. 126 (1827) chrysis. Agerocha, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 10 (1827), noa desci' eone. Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, smoothly scaled, the 2ud joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd obtuse ; antennje bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle, shorter in female ; tibiae with the .spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 256 STNTOMID^. Genus PffiCILOSOMA. Type. Poecilosoma, Hilbn. Verz. p. 126 (1827) chrysis. Agerocha, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 10 (1827), noa desci' eone. Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, smoothly scaled, the 2ud joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd obtuse ; antennje bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle, shorter in female ; tibiae with the .spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with the lower part of cell short, the upper oblique; 2 and 4 on a long stalk; 3 given off fvom 2 just before the margin ; 5 absent; G, 7 from upper angle. Sect. I. (Pcecilosoma). Abdomen of male with channelled ventral valve covering basal segments. A. Tiiorax above and basal segment of abdomen orange-red chrysis. B. Thorax and basal segment of abdomen black (§) nigemmum. C. Thorax orange and black ; abdomen orange, with black patches and the extremity black , eusebia. 554, Pcecilosoma chrysis. Pcecilosoma ckri/sis, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. ii. p. 8, ff. 211, 212 (1827); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1^3. C'osmosoma megaspila, "Wlk. xxxi. 90 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. c? . Black ; antenBte white at tips ; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, and patagia spotted with metallic blue; thorax scarlet; patagia scarlet and black; abdomen with basal scarlet patch, a dorsal series of metal- lic blue spots, and lateral series on the last three ¥\g. chrysis, ^. }•. segments, the ventral valve with lateral white patches; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the terminal band gradually widening to costa and dilated at tornus. Hind wing with the terminal band slightly widening to costa. Fore wing with discocellular black spot. Bah. Amazons, Ega, 1 d, 1 2 type megaspila (Bates). Exp, 40 millim. 555, Pcecilosoma nigerrim
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