. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. BELEMNIA. 209 1612, Belemnia inaurata. Sphinx inaurata, Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. p. 151, pi. 20. f. 4 (1776); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. Zt/c/cena en/x, Eoem. Gen. Ins. nl. 20. f. 4 (1785), nee Fabr. Belemnia jooix, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (4) xv. p. 33V) (1875); Druce, Biol. Am., Het. i. p. 78, pi. 8. f. 22 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. Black; head, thorax, and ^s spotted with metallic blue; coxic with yellowish marks ; abdomea with dorsal metallic silvery bkio spots almost met by subdorsal bands, the three terminal segments with
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. BELEMNIA. 209 1612, Belemnia inaurata. Sphinx inaurata, Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. p. 151, pi. 20. f. 4 (1776); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. Zt/c/cena en/x, Eoem. Gen. Ins. nl. 20. f. 4 (1785), nee Fabr. Belemnia jooix, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (4) xv. p. 33V) (1875); Druce, Biol. Am., Het. i. p. 78, pi. 8. f. 22 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 170. Black; head, thorax, and ^s spotted with metallic blue; coxic with yellowish marks ; abdomea with dorsal metallic silvery bkio spots almost met by subdorsal bands, the three terminal segments with complete bands, the ventral surface with part of the 2iid, the 3rd, 4th, oth, and (Jth segments crimson. Fore ^\'iIlg with the base silvery blue, then golden green to middle, with black streaks on the veins and in the folds, the outer edge of this area oblique; an oblitjuo crimson band beyond the cell from below costa to above vein 3, its edges rather irregular and varying considerably in size. Hind wing often with some blue below submedian fold ; cilia of. Fig. 120.—Belc7nnia inaurata, cf • both wings white at tips. Underside of fore wing with silvery blue patch in and below cell and spot at upper angle before the crimson band ; hind wing with the basal area blue except inner margin, two spots at angle of cell. Hah. Mexico, Misantla {Trujillo), 1 cS; Guatemala, Vera Paz (Champion\ 5 cJ ; Hondtjeas {Blancaneaux), 2 J, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Paij^ama, Veragua {Salvin), 8 c? , type jovis. Exp. 50-52 millim. Subsp. 1. rezia, Druce, A. M. K H. (6) xviii. p. 38 (189R). Head, thorax, abdomen, and base of fore wing with the markings golden green, the postmedial crimson band broader with straighter edges, rounded below and extending to vein 3; cilia only white towards a[)ex of fore wing. JIah. Colombia (Kalbreyer), 1 c? , Bogota ( Vergara), 1 J . Type t iu Coll. Druce. 1013. Belemnia ochriplaga, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 8.) c?. Black ; head and tliorux spotted with metallic blue-gr
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