. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 158 SYNTO-MIDiE. 309. Sphecosoma arctatum. Pseudasphcx ardatwm, Wlk. xxxi, 95 (186i); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 135. S . Head and thorax yellow ; vertex of head blue-black ; tegulae and thorax banded with black, a blue-black patch on metathorax ; patagia black-edged; abdomen with black stripe on Ist segment and spots on the lateral lobes; orange beyond the peduncle and with blue-black segmental bands; wings hyaline, the veins and . „„ „ , , , margins narrowly black. Fore ^,S. \. ,ving ^ith slight yellow stre
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 158 SYNTO-MIDiE. 309. Sphecosoma arctatum. Pseudasphcx ardatwm, Wlk. xxxi, 95 (186i); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 135. S . Head and thorax yellow ; vertex of head blue-black ; tegulae and thorax banded with black, a blue-black patch on metathorax ; patagia black-edged; abdomen with black stripe on Ist segment and spots on the lateral lobes; orange beyond the peduncle and with blue-black segmental bands; wings hyaline, the veins and . „„ „ , , , margins narrowly black. Fore ^,S. \. ,ving ^ith slight yellow streak below costa and short streak above inner marain. Hah. Amazons, Ega, 1 S {Bates), type. Exp. 28 millim, 310. Sphecosoma deceptrix, n, sp. Sphecosoma fasciolatum, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 54 (part), pi. 6. f. 26 (nee Bull.). Head whitish, with black band between antennae; palpi and legs orange-yellow ; anteunse black towards base ; thorax and abdomen pale yellow ; tegulae edged with black; patagia and thorax striped with black ; abdomen with black dorsal stripe on first two segments and spots on the lateral tubercles, the other segments broadlv banded with black ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly dark. Fore wing with the costa and inner margin and veins to end of cell orange-yeUow. Hah. Guatemala, Vera Paz, type; Panama, Bugaba (C'ha)npion), Godman-Salvin Coll. ^Ity. 22 miUim. *311. Sphecosoma simile. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) Sphecosoma simile, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 225. (S . Head and thorax yellow ; antennae black and yellow ; vertex of head with black spot; tegulae and patagia edged with black ; thorax marked with black ; mid tarsi striped with black ; abdomen yellow, the 1st segment with pair of dorsal black points and black bars on the lateral tubercles, the 3rd and following segments dorsally banded with black and blue, the black on 4th segment extending on to ventral surface at end of valve ; wings hyaline, the veins yellow and black, the m
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