. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. mOSPAGE. BELEMNIASTIS. 213 1621. Diospage rhe"biis. SpJiinx rhehns, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 234, F (1770); Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 161). d . 131ack ; head, thorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue- green ; abdomen with golden-green dorsal stripe; lateral blue-green sp' ts on first five segments ; a ventral yellowish and blue line on 1st segment and sublateral spots on 2nd, the next four segments with crimson bands. Fore wing with a golden-green fascia o
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. mOSPAGE. BELEMNIASTIS. 213 1621. Diospage rhe"biis. SpJiinx rhehns, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 234, F (1770); Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 161). d . 131ack ; head, thorax, and legs with patches of metallic blue- green ; abdomen with golden-green dorsal stripe; lateral blue-green sp' ts on first five segments ; a ventral yellowish and blue line on 1st segment and sublateral spots on 2nd, the next four segments with crimson bands. Fore wing with a golden-green fascia on basal half in cell and two in submedian interspace; small hyaline spots. Fig. 121.—Diospage rkebus, ^. }, between veins 3 and 5 and above and below 6. Hiud wing with brilliant blue patch in and below eeli with irregular outer edge. Underside of fore wing with brilliant blue fascia in and below cell; the basal half of hind wing blue with irregular outer edge, a small spot at upper angle and large spot at lower angle : veins 4, 5 on a short stalk. Hah. Brazil, Upper Amazons, Olivencas (Ilichelli), 1 S, Sao Paulo, Exp. 44 millim. Genus BELEMNIASTIS, nov. Type, B. vhitdeyi. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending as far as frons; antennas bipectinate in both sexes, the apical part serrate, the shaft expanding some- what beyond middle, the branches dilated at extremity ; tibiis with the spurs short; abdomen smoothly scaled, with lateral tubercles at base. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper angle; 10 shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9; 11 free. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell, not quite reaching costa. A. Fore wing with crimson postmedial band attidates. E. Fore wing with orange postmedial band trotschi. C. Fore wing with ochreous white postmedial band vhiteUyi, 1622. Belemniastis attidates. (Plate XLIII. fig. 14.) Belemnia attidates, Druce, A. M. N.
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