. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PARAMYA. HOMCEOCERA. 165 *327. Par amy a flavia. Paramya flavia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). S. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; antennae black, white at tips; palpi and legs tinged with fuscous; abdomen with the terminal segments black below ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly fus- cous. Fore wing with orange patch on basal inner area, the Fig. 78.—Parcmi/a flavia, (S. j- terminal band expanding to- wards apex. Hind wing wi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PARAMYA. HOMCEOCERA. 165 *327. Par amy a flavia. Paramya flavia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). S. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; antennae black, white at tips; palpi and legs tinged with fuscous; abdomen with the terminal segments black below ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly fus- cous. Fore wing with orange patch on basal inner area, the Fig. 78.—Parcmi/a flavia, (S. j- terminal band expanding to- wards apex. Hind wing with orange patch at base of inner area, the rest of which is fuscous. Uab. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t in Coll. Schaus. 28 millim. *328. Paramya picta. (Plate VI. fig. 9.) Paramya picta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 405 (1898). (5". Head black; thorax and abdomen orange ; extremity of femora, tibise, and tarsi black; abdomen with the last four segments black; slight white marks at sides, and the ventral surface white. Fore wing orange, with wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell, a fascia below the cell, and patches in interspaces beyond the cell; a large black discoidal lunule, with black streaks on costa above it and veins below it, aud patch on inner margin ; the apical area fuscous, tinged with grey. Hind wing orange ; the apical area black. Hah. Cayenne, 1 S type t in Mus. Oxon. Exjp. 28 millim. 329. Paramya chrysonota, n. sp. (Plate VII. fig. 3.) (5. Black; antennae white at tips ; frons and tegulae with blue patches; meso- and metathorax with bluish-white patches; abdomen with golden-green dorsal, lateral, and ventral fasciae. Fore wing with elongate hyaline spot below middle of cell; elongate spots above veins 3 and 4, and more or less prominent specks above and below 6. Hind wing with hyaline spot below base of cell; a small spot above vein 2, and elongate spots above and below discal fold. Hah. Amazons, Itaituba, 1 S type. Exp. 34 millim. Genus HOMCEOCERA
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