. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 20 akcxiadj::.. Sect. III. Autennaj of male with bristles and cilia; hind wing with veins G, 7 shortly stalked, 8 li-om just before angle of cell. 1226. Prumala ilus. Noctua ilus. Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 92. E (1776); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 220. Elysius optimus, Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 51, pi. 17. f. 8 (1877); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. c^. Ilcud and thorax yellow, palpi and frons marked with crimson and fuscous; an- tennae brown ; vertex of head, tegula?, and patagia with crimson aunuli, the two latter edged with crim- son ; legs yel
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 20 akcxiadj::.. Sect. III. Autennaj of male with bristles and cilia; hind wing with veins G, 7 shortly stalked, 8 li-om just before angle of cell. 1226. Prumala ilus. Noctua ilus. Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 92. E (1776); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 220. Elysius optimus, Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 51, pi. 17. f. 8 (1877); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. c^. Ilcud and thorax yellow, palpi and frons marked with crimson and fuscous; an- tennae brown ; vertex of head, tegula?, and patagia with crimson aunuli, the two latter edged with crim- son ; legs yellow, riugtd with crimson and fuscous ; abdomen crimson, yellow below. Fore wing brown, with series of yellow crim- son-edged and centred spots; a spot on costa near base ; three antemedial spots; numerous spots in, below, and beyond cell; a curved series beyond the cell and postmedial and subterminal series. Hind wing pale crimson. Hah. Surinam; Amazons, 11. Jurua {Trail)., 1 S type ojjtimns. Exp. 32 millim. Genus PREMOLIS, nov. Type, P. semiriifa. Proboscis small; palpi npturned to vertex of head, the 3rd joint short and obtuse ; antennre of female bipectinate, with short branches dilated at extremity and endinji hi a bristle; tibiaj with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with ^eins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3 and 5 shortly stalked from angle, 4 absent; the discocellulars erect; 6, 7 coincident; 8 very short, from angle of cell, the costa being truncate near apex. *1227. Premolis semirufa. HuIcsidotase7nirvfa,Vsn\. vii. 1708 flSSfi); , Het ii. p. 373, pi. 74. f. 10 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 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 Museum (Natural History). Dept. o
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