. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. at three-fourths of wing before the white apical area, which extends almost down to tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins j^j, . and margins black; the ter- minal black band wide at ji'ig_ 75_ costa, narrowing to vein 2, Pompiliodes alhomarginata, J. t- then expanding and dentate on inner side. Hah. Panama, Chiriqui {Champion), 1 S type, Godman-Salvin Coll. E:ep. 30 millim. Sect. II. Antennae of male serrate and ciliated. A. Fore wing with white band from coata before apex to termen above tornus aliena. B. Fore wing with diffuse
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. at three-fourths of wing before the white apical area, which extends almost down to tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins j^j, . and margins black; the ter- minal black band wide at ji'ig_ 75_ costa, narrowing to vein 2, Pompiliodes alhomarginata, J. t- then expanding and dentate on inner side. Hah. Panama, Chiriqui {Champion), 1 S type, Godman-Salvin Coll. E:ep. 30 millim. Sect. II. Antennae of male serrate and ciliated. A. Fore wing with white band from coata before apex to termen above tornus aliena. B. Fore wing with diffused white patch at middle of terminal area 'postica. C. Fore wing with hardly a trace of pale band or patch tenebrosa. 322. Pompiliodes aliena. Euchromia aliena, Wlk. i. 241 (1854); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 127. Amyclesl jiavifascia, ;. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 231 (1854); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 45. cJ. Black-brown; antennae white at tips; fore coxae whitish. Fore wing with the inner area reddish brown; the black-brown area shading off to reddish brown before the subapical white band, which ends on termen at vein 3 ; the apex greyish. Hind wing greyish fiTSCous- brown. Yig-IQ.—Pompiliodes aliena, (^. \. The specimen from Guate- mala has the white band considerably broader than in specimens from the Amazons. Hah. Guatemala, Vera Paz (C7««»j_2)io»),l S , Godman-Salvin Coll.; Amazons, Manaos {Austen), Para, Ega {Bates), type. Exp. 26 millim. 323. Pompiliodes postica. (Plate VI. fig. 6.) Pampa postica, Wlk. vii. 1630 (1856); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 45; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 126. (^. Black-brown; antennae white towards tips; fore coxa3 whitish on inner side. Fore wing with the inner area reddish brown ; the black-brown area shading off at two-thirds of wing to reddish brown, becoming greyish towards apex; an ill-defined white patch on terminal area between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing greyish fuscous. Hah. VA2^AJiA. {CJiampion), 1 d , Godman-Salvin C
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