. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 220 Genus HOMONEURONIA. Typo. Homoneuronia, Dyar, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 174(1905) ... modesta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to above vertex of head ; antennaa of male bipectinate, the apex serrate ; tibias with the spurs short; abdomen with the 2nd segment constricted. Fore wing- with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 4 absent; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the cell extremely long; veins 2, 3 from a point and meeting at termen. 4, 5 f
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 220 Genus HOMONEURONIA. Typo. Homoneuronia, Dyar, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 174(1905) ... modesta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to above vertex of head ; antennaa of male bipectinate, the apex serrate ; tibias with the spurs short; abdomen with the 2nd segment constricted. Fore wing- with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 4 absent; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the cell extremely long; veins 2, 3 from a point and meeting at termen. 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; the inner area normal. In key differs from Mthria in the fore wing having vein 4 absent ; hind wing with veins 2, 3 from a point and meeting at termen. *765 a. Homoneuronia modesta. Homoneuronia modesta, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 188 (1905). r?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with brilliant blue ; palpi in front and sides of frons white; gulae white; coxie in front and pectus at sides with white spots; abdomen with the constricted 2nd segment white at sides and below, followed bv a ventral band on 3rd segment. Pore wing hyaline, the veins and margins rather narrowly black ; some blue suffusion at base ;. Fig. 31.—Homoneuronia modesta, rf, A. a black discoidal bar. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, costa and inner margin black ; an apical black patch, rather wide at costa, narrowing to a point at vein 1, its inner side slightly irregular. Hab. Fjr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni, type f 6 in Nat. Mus. Exp. 3d millim. *76Qa. JEthria sanctula. (Plate XL fig. 28.) JEthria sanctula, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, ii. p. 7 (1911). $ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the last with the terminal segments crimson. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the latter rather broadly, the fascia on inner margin expanding at base ; a broad black discoidal bar confluent with the black on costa ; the interspaces of terminal area with bl
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