. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 332 SYNTOMID^. area black. Hind wing black, wdth a subterminal metallic green band widest towards costa but not reaching it. Hah. Ecuador, Loja, 1 d . Exp. 50 millim. 731. Chrysocale ignita. Ewpyra ignita, Aiissereiir. Scbmett. f. 55 (1853); Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 23, pi. 10. f. 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 124. Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-black ; frons white; tegulae, patagia, and vertex of thorax suffused with cupreous ; fore coxae with white spots ; abdomen with two dorsal bluish-white spots at base, slight lateral


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 332 SYNTOMID^. area black. Hind wing black, wdth a subterminal metallic green band widest towards costa but not reaching it. Hah. Ecuador, Loja, 1 d . Exp. 50 millim. 731. Chrysocale ignita. Ewpyra ignita, Aiissereiir. Scbmett. f. 55 (1853); Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 23, pi. 10. f. 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 124. Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-black ; frons white; tegulae, patagia, and vertex of thorax suffused with cupreous ; fore coxae with white spots ; abdomen with two dorsal bluish-white spots at base, slight lateral spots, and a ventral spot towards extremity ;. Fig. ]52. — Chi/socale ignita, (^. \. wings black shot with blue. Fore wing with large green and cupreous patch on basal area, and a patch below and beyond end of cell from middle up to vein 7 ; a small wedge-shaped hyaline spot at middle of cell and a wedge-shaped patch in upper angle. Hah. Colombia, Bogota, 4 J 1 $ . Exp. 52 millim. 732. Chrysocale ferens. (Plate XII. fig. 21.) Etipyra ferens, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 131 (1896). Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi at base, frons, tegula;, and shoulders with white points; abdomen tinged with greenish; dorsal, lateral, and ventral series of small bluish-white spots, the 2nd and 3rd segments with small ochreous subdorsal scaleless spots ; wings suffused with metallic green. Hah. Bolivia, Chaco, 1 J ; Peku, type t in Coll. Schaus. E,rp. 52 millim. Genua CALONOTOS. Type. Calonotos, Hiibn. Verz. p. 123 (1827) phlegmon. Sphenoptera, Feld. Reise Nov., Lep. iv. pi. 102. f. 34 (1874), nee 8ol. Col. 1833 triangidifera. Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned to above vertex of head ; anteniife bipectinate, usually with short branches dilated distally and ending in a bristle; tibiae with the spurs short. Fore wing with vein 3 from angle of" cell; 4, 6 approximated for some distance ; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2 and 4 r


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