. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 228 AECTIAD^.. Fig. 149.—Palcsosia bicosta, c?. \. Hah. N. S. Wales, Sydney, 1 c?, 1 ? type, (Rai/nor) 1 $ ; Tasmania, Hobart (Mathew), 3 c?, 1 $ type fraterna. Exp. 36 millim. Genus PARAONA. Type. Paraona, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 8 splendem. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond frons which h IS a tuft of scales ; antennae of male serrate, with bristles and fasciculate cilia ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing moderately broad ; vein 2 from mid
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 228 AECTIAD^.. Fig. 149.—Palcsosia bicosta, c?. \. Hah. N. S. Wales, Sydney, 1 c?, 1 ? type, (Rai/nor) 1 $ ; Tasmania, Hobart (Mathew), 3 c?, 1 $ type fraterna. Exp. 36 millim. Genus PARAONA. Type. Paraona, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 8 splendem. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond frons which h IS a tuft of scales ; antennae of male serrate, with bristles and fasciculate cilia ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing moderately broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from angle; 4, 5 shortly stalked; 6, 7 shoi-tly stalked; 8 from before middle of cell. A. Head and thorax scarlet coccinioeps. B. Head and thorax dark. a. Fore wing without green streaks on the veins or yellow fascia staudingeri. h. Fore wing with green streaks on the veins and yellow fascia splendens. *474. Paraona cocciniceps. (Plate XXIV. fig. 10.) lAthosia cocciniceps, Mab. Ent. Soc. Beige, xxviii. p. cisxxix (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 316. S . Head and thorax scarlet; antennae, tibire, and tarsi black ; abdomen purple-black. Fore wing black suffused with blue, the base scarlet. Hind wing purple-black, the base scarlet. Bah. Madagascar, type t c? in Coll. Mabille. 34 millim. *475. Paraona standingeri. Paraona siaudingeri, Alph. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 168, pi. xii. f. 8 (1897). Dull greyish brown with a slight bluish gloss ; tegulae, palpi except at tips, pectus, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen varying from golden-yellow to orange-red ; anal tuft tinged with ochreous at base. Hind wing paler and without blue gloss. Hah. CoKEA; China, Omei Shan, 1 d in Coll. Leech. Ewp. 50 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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