. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. AEGYROEIDES. 355. Fig. 168. Argyroeldes menephron, ^. 781. Argyroeides menephron. Argi/roeides menephron, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 65, pi. 8. f. 14 (1884); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 153. S ' Head yellow, with black spots on frons and vertex ; antennae black towards base; thorax black ; the tegulae and patagia edged with yellow ; a line on vertex and band on metathorax, thorax below, and legs yellow; abdomen black, with yellow bands at base and on last four
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. AEGYROEIDES. 355. Fig. 168. Argyroeldes menephron, ^. 781. Argyroeides menephron. Argi/roeides menephron, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 65, pi. 8. f. 14 (1884); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 153. S ' Head yellow, with black spots on frons and vertex ; antennae black towards base; thorax black ; the tegulae and patagia edged with yellow ; a line on vertex and band on metathorax, thorax below, and legs yellow; abdomen black, with yellow bands at base and on last four segments, the 2nd segment yellow at sides and below ; anal tufts yellow ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly yellow and black. Eore wing with slight fulvous streak below apical half of costa. Hind wing with the lobe on inner margin very short and clothed with yellow and black hair. Hah. Panama, Bugaba, 2(5" {Champion), tvpe, Godman-Salvin Coll. 24 millim. *782. Argyroeides ortona. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) Argyroeides oriona, Druce, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 282. (S. Head and thorax black; palpi streaked with w^hite ; neck crimson ; shoulders and coxsd with patches of white ; femora striped with white ; abdomen blue-black, the ventral surface white : wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with discoidal black spot; the area below vein 1 black, with slight hyaline streak towards tornus; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area; veins 4, 5 almost from a point. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 approximated to 6, and the costal area narrow. Abdomen hardly constricted at 2nd segment. Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckleg). Edjj. 30 millim. Type t in Coll. Druce. B. Hind wing with vein 5 from well above angle of cell. a. Abdomen with the anal tufts crimson. a}. Abdomen banded with orange hoUviana. ¥. Abdomen black. rt'^. Patagia streaked with cri m son braco. b". Patagia without crimson streak ophion. b. Abdomen with the anal tufts black. a^. Abdomen wit
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