. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 214 arctiad-t;. defined streak on inner area ; an oblique crimson bar from middle of costa to just below tbe cell, and a band from costa beyond middle to just below vein 3 near termen. Hind wing -with broad metallic blue streak in and below cell and on inner area to near termen. Underside of fore wing suifused with metallic blue in and beyond cell to beyond extremity ; hind wing with short blue streaks ou costal area; a curved maculate postmediai band joining the long streaks on inner area. Eah. Colombia, 1 S , Bogota, type t i
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 214 arctiad-t;. defined streak on inner area ; an oblique crimson bar from middle of costa to just below tbe cell, and a band from costa beyond middle to just below vein 3 near termen. Hind wing -with broad metallic blue streak in and below cell and on inner area to near termen. Underside of fore wing suifused with metallic blue in and beyond cell to beyond extremity ; hind wing with short blue streaks ou costal area; a curved maculate postmediai band joining the long streaks on inner area. Eah. Colombia, 1 S , Bogota, type t in Coll. Druce Exjy. 48 millim. 1623. Belemniastis trotschi. Bdemnia trotsciii, Druce, A. M. IS^. H. (6) xyiii. p. 37 (1896); id. Biol. Am., Het. ii. p. 357, pi. 72. if. 25, 27. 2 . Black ; head, thorax, and legs with silvery blue markings ; abdomen wilh lateral silvery blue segmental lines, ventral surface with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, Gth, and 7th segments crimson. Fore wing. Fig. 122.—Belemniai>tis trotschi, (^. \. Avith the basal half golden-green, its outer edge rather oblique ; ;i broad oblique orange band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2 near termen. Hind wing suffused with brilliant metallic blue below costa and above inner margin to beyond middle, between median nervules to near termen. S. Hind wing with the blue confined to basal area. Hah. Costa Rica (Trotsch), 1 $ type ; Panama, Chiriqui, Exp. 58 millim. 1624. Belemniastis vhiteleyi. (Plate XLIII. fig. 15.) Bdemnia whiteleyi, Druce, Ent. M. Mag. xxv. p. 62 (1888); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. Black; head and thorax spotted with silvery metallic blue and marked wath golden-green; legs striped with blue, coxae witli whitish patches; abdomen with golden-green dorsal stripe and lateral silvery metallic blue bands, ventral surface with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, Gth, and 7th segments crimson. Fore wing with golden- green patch on basal half from below costa to vein 1, the veins and folds streaked with black; an obliq
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