. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 284.—Metalobosia elis, J. \. 5 . Head and thorax with a bronze-green tinge; fore wing cupreous brown, the basal half suffused with purplish, the inner margin suffused with bronze-green, extending to submedian fold at middle ; hind wiug black-brown. Hah. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil {Champion), 1 S t^'pe, Godman- 8alvin Coll.; Bkazil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 1 $ , Castro Paraiia. 24 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing of male with the inner margin evenly curved ; hind wing with the tornal area much produced and without
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 284.—Metalobosia elis, J. \. 5 . Head and thorax with a bronze-green tinge; fore wing cupreous brown, the basal half suffused with purplish, the inner margin suffused with bronze-green, extending to submedian fold at middle ; hind wiug black-brown. Hah. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil {Champion), 1 S t^'pe, Godman- 8alvin Coll.; Bkazil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 1 $ , Castro Paraiia. 24 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing of male with the inner margin evenly curved ; hind wing with the tornal area much produced and without fold and fringe of scales. .A. Hind wing crimson, the apical patch extending to vein 1 varda. B. Hind wing orange tinged with crimson, the apical patch not extending below vein 5 cuprea. *795. Metalobosia varda. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 15.) Odozana varda, Schans, J. N. Y. Ent. Sec. iv. p. 149 (1896). S. Head, thorax, and fore wing black-brown suffused with cupreous and purple ; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface black to near extremity. Hind wing crimson, becoming orange towards inner margin; a terminal blackish band, very wide at costa, narrowing to vein 1. Hah. Erazil, Sao Paulo, Castro Paraila {Jones), type t in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 22 millim. 796. Metalobosia cuprea. Odozana cuprea, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 150 (1896). cJ. Head and thorax brown suffused with greyish fuscous; crimson, orange towards base, the ventral surface blackish to near extremity. Fore wing golden cupreous. Hind wing pale crimson, with apical brown patch extending down to vein 2. Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 3 d^. 24 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. abdomen. Fig. '285.—Metalobosia cuprea, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum. (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis,
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