. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 324 STNTomiD^. coxae with hrilliant blue points ; hind tarsi orange ; abdomen with lateral series of blue points, the ventral valve narrowly edged with white. Fore wing with small blue spot at base of inner margin, the black shading to brownish at apex. Hah. Mexico, Jalapa. Exp. 40 millira. Type f in Coll. Rchaus. 711. Macrocneme chrysotarsia, n. sp, (Plate XII. fig. 22.) S . Black ; antennte white at tips ; head, thorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue ; hind tarsi orange-yellow except at base ; abdomen suffused with me


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 324 STNTomiD^. coxae with hrilliant blue points ; hind tarsi orange ; abdomen with lateral series of blue points, the ventral valve narrowly edged with white. Fore wing with small blue spot at base of inner margin, the black shading to brownish at apex. Hah. Mexico, Jalapa. Exp. 40 millira. Type f in Coll. Rchaus. 711. Macrocneme chrysotarsia, n. sp, (Plate XII. fig. 22.) S . Black ; antennte white at tips ; head, thorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue ; hind tarsi orange-yellow except at base ; abdomen suffused with metallic blue and with silvery blue-green dorsal and lateral stripes; the ventral valve with blue lateral patches. Fore wing with large patch of metallic green in and beyond cell, and stripe on vein 1. Bah. Panama, Taboga Isl. (J. J. Walker), 1 c^ type. Kq^. 84 niillim. 712. Macrocneme indistincta. Macrocneme ind/stincta. Butl. Joui-u. Linn. See, Zool. xii. p. .^71 (187fi); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 121). Macrocneme f^plendida, Butl. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 371 (187(>) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 129. Macrocneme ci/llarus, Druee, A. M. K H. (6) xviii. p. 29 (1896); Biol. ,'Het. ii. p. 33(i, pi. 71. f. 2. cJ. Palpi in front white; patagia with white streaks, fore coxae with white patches ; ventral valve edged with white ; cilia white towards tornus of each Fig. 148.—Macrocneme indisiincta, $. }. 5 . Black; antennae white at tips; frons, back of head, tegul^e, shoulders, and vertex of thorax with blue and white spots; vertex of head, pectus, and legs with patches of metallic green : base of femora with white spots behind ; hind tarsi with the fringe on terminal segments white ; abdomen suffused with golden green ; a sublateral series of white spots on last five segments. Fore wing with white point and metallic blue-green marks at base ; green streaks in, above, below, and beyond cell and on vein 1. Ab. 1. Rio Grande do Sul. 1 d" with the green suftusion on f


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