. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. XHTROMOLIS.—HYPERANDRA. 69 striated with reJ-brown, with yellow spot at base of costa and short streak on vein 1 beyond middle, and with slight black marks at base of vein 1 and on inner marn:in before middle ; the rest of the wing. Fig. 52.— Thijroinijliii pi/thia, (^. ]. yellow hyaline, with dark brown point at lower angle of cell and a large round apical purplish-grey patch irrorated with brown and with difFiised black centre; the grey area with yellow edges. Hind wing yellow, with fuscous suffusion on costal area, the inner
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. XHTROMOLIS.—HYPERANDRA. 69 striated with reJ-brown, with yellow spot at base of costa and short streak on vein 1 beyond middle, and with slight black marks at base of vein 1 and on inner marn:in before middle ; the rest of the wing. Fig. 52.— Thijroinijliii pi/thia, (^. ]. yellow hyaline, with dark brown point at lower angle of cell and a large round apical purplish-grey patch irrorated with brown and with difFiised black centre; the grey area with yellow edges. Hind wing yellow, with fuscous suffusion on costal area, the inner area deep orange. Hah. Bolivia, Rio Songo (Garlepp), 2 J. ."34 millira. Type t in Coll. Druce. Genus HYPERANDRA, nov. Type, H. appendwiUata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of liead; antenniB of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; tibiaj with the spurs minute; abdomen dorsally clothed with hair towards base Pore wing with vein 2 curved ; 3 from close to angle ; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from 8 just before 7 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from close to angle of cell; 3, 5 shortly stalked; 4 absent; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell; the costa very strongly lobed at middle, covei-ing very large patches of androconia extending into cell on underside of fore wing and to median nervure of hind wing ; the termen deeply indented below vein 2 and its apical part thickly clothed with large scales above. *1310. Hyperandra appendiculata. Creatonotus appeiidiculatm, Aussereur. Schmett. ff. 47o, 47i> (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 171. S. Head brown, the vertex orange ; antennae whitish at tips ; thorax brown, the tegiilae and base of patagia and mesothorax pure white; abdomen orange, the ex- tremity and ventral surface pure white. Fore wing brown, slightly purplish towards the terminal yel- low band extending from below apex to below vein 2, Hind wing yellow. Hah. Brazil
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