. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. UROLASIA, JIETASTATIA. 371 with large hyaline patch below the cell; the costal and terminal areas broadly black. Underside with some white on retinaculum ; hind wing with white fascia in cell. Hub. Tkinidad. Exp. 30 millim. Type in Coll. Schaus. Genus SESIURA, nov. Type, S. smaragdina. Proboscis well tlevelopeci; palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head ; antennas bipeetinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibiffi with the spurs short; abdomen somewhat constricted at .5th and 6th segments, then expandi
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. UROLASIA, JIETASTATIA. 371 with large hyaline patch below the cell; the costal and terminal areas broadly black. Underside with some white on retinaculum ; hind wing with white fascia in cell. Hub. Tkinidad. Exp. 30 millim. Type in Coll. Schaus. Genus SESIURA, nov. Type, S. smaragdina. Proboscis well tlevelopeci; palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head ; antennas bipeetinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibiffi with the spurs short; abdomen somewhat constricted at .5th and 6th segments, then expanding again, the terminal segments with lateral tufts and the anal segment with thick fringe of hair all round. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; II from cell. Hind wing with the cell about two-thirds of wing ; vein 2 from well before angle; 3 fi'om angle ; 4 absent; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 822. Sesiura smaragdina. Eunomia smaragdina, Wlk. xxxi. 92 (1864); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 152. Mthria saturatissima, Wlk. xxxi 93. J . Head and thorax black shot with blue; palpi white in front ; a line behind eyes and spots on tegulge aud patagia white; coxae and spots on end of mid and hind tibia; white ; abdomen almost completely shot with brilliant metallic blue; a dorsal white point at base ; the fringe on anal segment crimson ; paired series of ventral white spots except on last two segments ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins rather broadly, black. Pig. 182.—Sesiura smaragdina, S. \. Fore wing with white point at base; a black discooellular bar ; the terminal band expanding towards apex. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding and dentate towards tornus. Ab. 1. Abdomen with the anal tufts orange.—Cayenne, Coll. Standi nger. Hah. Cayenne ; Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 J, type of both Walker's descriptions. Exp. 32 millim. Genus METASTATIA. ,^ Type. Metasiatia, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 115 (18
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