. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 256 Sect. II. Iliiul winf» with Tcins 4, 5 and 0, 7 from cell ; male with the abiloiiieii not clotla-d witlj very loug hair. A. Fore coxiu eriiiison terminal^, B. Fore coxjc black astecu. 537. Protosia terminalis. Apisfosia terminalis, \\\k. ii. 478 (); Drnce, Biol. , Ilet. i. p. 121, and ii. p. 394 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 178. Cfeniicha jiyrrhuura, Iliilst, Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 77, pi. 4, f. 4 (1881); kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 178. Ctenucha vufiva, H. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 13 (1884). Scirarctia bolteri,
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 256 Sect. II. Iliiul winf» with Tcins 4, 5 and 0, 7 from cell ; male with the abiloiiieii not clotla-d witlj very loug hair. A. Fore coxiu eriiiison terminal^, B. Fore coxjc black astecu. 537. Protosia terminalis. Apisfosia terminalis, \\\k. ii. 478 (); Drnce, Biol. , Ilet. i. p. 121, and ii. p. 394 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 178. Cfeniicha jiyrrhuura, Iliilst, Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 77, pi. 4, f. 4 (1881); kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 178. Ctenucha vufiva, H. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 13 (1884). Scirarctia bolteri, H. Edw. Pap. iv. p. 121 (1884). Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot -with brilliant blue: fore coxae, teguhe, shoulders, and anal tuft scarlet, the last white at. Fig. 172.—Protosia terminalis, (S. \. extremity in female. Fore wing black shot with bronze-green; cilia white. Hind wing black shot with blue. Hah. Mexico, 1 $ type, {ScJmmann) 1 J , Cuernavaca {MoreJos), 1 $ , Godmau-Salvin Coll. Exp. 46 millim. 538. Protosia azteca. Ctemuha azteca, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 278; Druce, Biol. , Het. ii. p. 300, pi. 73. f. 2. 5 . Head and thorax black-brown with a bluish gloss; tegulae and shoulders orange; abdomen blue-black, with the anal tuft orange. Fore Aving brow^n with a greenish gloss; an orange spot at base of costa. Hind wnng blue-black. (S. TeguloD, shoulders, anal tuft, and spot at base of costa of fore Aving crimson : cilia of fore wing white. llah. Mkxico, Mexico city, type in Coll. Schaus, Durango city {Btcker), 1 2 > Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 38 millim. Genus AGRISIUS. Type. Affrixius, Wlk. iii. 723 (1855) gut'tivitta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 3rd joint long and reaching well above vertex of head; antennsB of male fasciculate; tibia? with the spurs nuxlerate. Fore wing rather narrow; vein 2 from well beyond middle of cell; 3 from near annle; 5 from above angle ; 0 from angle; 9, 10 stalked, anastomosing with 8 whioh aris
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