. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. MYSTKOCNEME. PIICENIOSTACTA. 259 Sect. II. Abdomen of male without ventral valve; bind tibia; and wings normal. 560. Mystrociieme atavia, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. 20.) Head and thorax black; palpi at base, frons, vertex of head, meso- and metathorax, coxic, and legs with patches of white ; abdomen black, with subdorsal and lateral white spots on 1st seg- ment, the other segments with broad subdorsal golden-green stripes, sublateral series of white points, and vent
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. MYSTKOCNEME. PIICENIOSTACTA. 259 Sect. II. Abdomen of male without ventral valve; bind tibia; and wings normal. 560. Mystrociieme atavia, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. 20.) Head and thorax black; palpi at base, frons, vertex of head, meso- and metathorax, coxic, and legs with patches of white ; abdomen black, with subdorsal and lateral white spots on 1st seg- ment, the other segments with broad subdorsal golden-green stripes, sublateral series of white points, and ventral fascia; wings black. Fore wing with hyaline streak below costa ; a bifid wedge-shaped patch in cell; a fascia below the cell and elongate spots between veins 2 and 7, reduced and small in male. Hind wing with hyaline patch in cell; streak below cell and spots between veins 2 and 6. Uah. Uppek Amazons, Fonteboa, 1 $ type, S in Coll. Staudinger. Exp., (S 30, $ 32 millim. Genus DIXOPHLEBIA. Type. Dixophlchia, Eutl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 397 (1870) quadristrigata. Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ik1 joint reaching vertex of head, the iird well developed and obtuse ; antenuaj of male bipectinate, with short branches ; tibite lung, the spurs moderate; abd(jmen long, the terminal segment with lateral and anal tufts. Fore wing narrow towards base; veins 2 and 3 irom a point near end of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell; veins 2-7 of male thickly fringed with long hair above. Hind wing narrow ; the djscocellulars angled ; veins 2 and 4 strongly stalked ; 3 absent; 5 from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle. 561. DixOphlebia quadristrigata. Fseudomya quadi'istrigata, Wlk. xxxi. 82 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 149. S . Black ; thorax orange; abdo- men with slight lateral streaks. Fore wing with hyaline streaks in and below the cell and slight streaks between the fringes of p. ,,. silky hair on veins o
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