. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 166 srNxoMiD^. Sect, I. Antennae of male bipectinate, the medial part of shaft with thick fringe of hair on upperside; palpi upturned; hind wing with vein 3 from 2 before margin ; fore wing with vein 5 from above angle of cell. *330. Homoeocera lophocera. Homoeocera lophocera, Druce, A. M. N. H, (7) i. p. 402 (1898). (S. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; base of patagia and shoulders with white patches ; tegulae and abdomen at sides with blue points, the latter with the last two and part of third segments scarlet; the last four
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 166 srNxoMiD^. Sect, I. Antennae of male bipectinate, the medial part of shaft with thick fringe of hair on upperside; palpi upturned; hind wing with vein 3 from 2 before margin ; fore wing with vein 5 from above angle of cell. *330. Homoeocera lophocera. Homoeocera lophocera, Druce, A. M. N. H, (7) i. p. 402 (1898). (S. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; base of patagia and shoulders with white patches ; tegulae and abdomen at sides with blue points, the latter with the last two and part of third segments scarlet; the last four segments scarlet below, and the two segments before them with blue and white sublateral spots ; wings h3'aline, the veins, and margins broadly, black. Fore wing with blue point. Fig. 79.—Homceocera lophocera, cj". {. at base ; the fasciae on costa and inner margin expanding towards base ; an oblique band from costa across discocellulars to tornus ; black streaks in interspaces of terminal area varying in length. Hind wing with the cell black; the terminal band expanding towards apex and below vein 2. Hah. Brazil, 2 S type t in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 50 millim. Sect. II. Antennaa of male bipectinate, with very short branches. A. Legs scarlet; abdomen with blue-black bands gigantea. B. Legs black. a. Fore wing with orange streaks below costa and above inner margin a>. Abdomen with white band on 1st segment tolosa. b^. Abdomen with two white points on 1st segment, and dorsal spots on medial segments siictosoma. c^. Abdomen with lateral orange bands on medial segments sahacon. b. Fore wing without orange streaks. a' Abdomen with yellow bands rodriguezi. b^. Abdomen with white spots acuminata. 331. Homceocera gigantea. Gpnoielia gigantea, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 54, pi. 8. f. 5 (1884) • Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 136. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi and legs scarlet; abdomen with dull blue dorsal bands; wings hyaline, the veins, basal area, and margins black. Fore w
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