. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 550 ARCTIADiE. *533«. Nyct:sia pcecilonotus. (Plate XXIX. fig. 32.) Nyctosia poicilonotus,Dynv, Pr. Nat. Mus. xlii. p. 50 (1912). 6 . Head with the frons dark grey, the vertex orange ; antennas blackish; thorax orange, the teguhe and patagia dark grey; pectus rosy orange at sides ; abdomen blue-black, the basil segment rosy orange, the anal tuft orange. Fore wing uniform leaden grey. Hind wing crimson, the costa and tevmen narrowly dark leaden grey. Hob. Mexico, Mexico City {Mailer). Exp. 40 millim. This species is unkno
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 550 ARCTIADiE. *533«. Nyct:sia pcecilonotus. (Plate XXIX. fig. 32.) Nyctosia poicilonotus,Dynv, Pr. Nat. Mus. xlii. p. 50 (1912). 6 . Head with the frons dark grey, the vertex orange ; antennas blackish; thorax orange, the teguhe and patagia dark grey; pectus rosy orange at sides ; abdomen blue-black, the basil segment rosy orange, the anal tuft orange. Fore wing uniform leaden grey. Hind wing crimson, the costa and tevmen narrowly dark leaden grey. Hob. Mexico, Mexico City {Mailer). Exp. 40 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Nat. Mus. Page 255. Under PEOTOSIA insert :— a Typo. Pygoctenucha, Grote, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. viii. p. 4G (1333)... terminalis, which has priority. 537. Pygoctenucha terminalis, insert (syn.) :— Ctenucha harrisii, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg'c, xii. p. 72 (1869); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 178. and delete Seiraretia bolta-i. *538 a. Pygoctenucha funerea. Pygoctenucha funerea, Grote, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. viii. p. 46 (1883). c? • Hull black with traces of bluer reflection ; teguhe with yellow lateral spots ; abdomen with the extremity yellow. Hah. , N. Mexico. Exp. 28 millim. This species is unknown to me. *53S I. Pygoctenucha clita. Mysius clitus, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 91 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. S. Palpi smoothly scaled, the 2nd and 3rd joints long and slender; fore wing with lonsj' narrow Fig. 148.—Pygoctenucha clita, rf. ]• Orange-yellow ; palpi blackish except towards base; antenna? black; fore tibiae and tarsi fuscous above; wings uniform orange- yellow. Rah. Costa Eica, Boucard, type f 6 in Coll. Joicey. Exp, 40 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
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