. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 186 AMATHLE. a broad black band with slightly irregular edges from middle of costa to inner margin near tornus; the black terminal band expanding widely on apical area and below vein 2 confluent with the medial band. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and angled inwards in submedian fold. Hab. Costa Rica, Tuis (Schaus), 1 § . Exp, 34 millim. 004 a. Saurita diffusa. Saurita diffusa, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 179 (19lf).' Hind wing of male with the inner area
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 186 AMATHLE. a broad black band with slightly irregular edges from middle of costa to inner margin near tornus; the black terminal band expanding widely on apical area and below vein 2 confluent with the medial band. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and angled inwards in submedian fold. Hab. Costa Rica, Tuis (Schaus), 1 § . Exp, 34 millim. 004 a. Saurita diffusa. Saurita diffusa, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 179 (19lf).' Hind wing of male with the inner area very broad and dilated into a large lobe. Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; shoulders with crimson spots ; frons, meso- and metathorax, pectus and fore coxae with metallic blue patches ; abdomen with crimson dorsal patch at base and. Fig. 24.—Saurita diffusa, J. {. subdorsal series of metallic blue spots except towards base, the medial segments with sublateral spots. Fore wing uniform black- brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather thinly scaled. Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Yinas (Schaus), 1 J , 1 $ . Exp., 6 28, 2 34 millim. 006. Saurita nox, insert (syn.) :— Chrostosoma maratha, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 229 (1899). $ . Fore wing with the whitish band more defined and not diffused on inner side. Ecuadoh, Sarayacu (Buckley), type f $ maratha in Coll. Joicey. *007«. Saurita mosca. (Plate X. fig. 2.) Lmmocharis mosca, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 24 (1897). J . Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-black ; abdomen with two dorsal magenta spots on 1st segment; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black, the black somewhat diffused. Hind wing with veins 2 and 4 rather strongly stalked. Hab. Ecuador, Loja, type f cS in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 24 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Mus
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