. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PUEIUS. MALLOCEPHALA. 443 blackish at sides ; fore coxjc crimson at sides, the knees and tarsal joints banded with black ; abdomen with black and crimson dorsal bands, the ventral surface pale brown. Fore wing pale brown strongly irrorated with black, series of black points on the costa and veins; diffused blackish spots at. Fig. 184.—Purius pilumnia, ^. angles of cell. Hind wing semihyaline brownish white. $ . Much darker brown; fore wing more evenly and finely
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PUEIUS. MALLOCEPHALA. 443 blackish at sides ; fore coxjc crimson at sides, the knees and tarsal joints banded with black ; abdomen with black and crimson dorsal bands, the ventral surface pale brown. Fore wing pale brown strongly irrorated with black, series of black points on the costa and veins; diffused blackish spots at. Fig. 184.—Purius pilumnia, ^. angles of cell. Hind wing semihyaline brownish white. $ . Much darker brown; fore wing more evenly and finely striated ; hind wing brown. Hah. Costa Rica; Panama, Chiriqui; Venezuela, 2 6 type sordidus; Siteinam ; Cayenne ; Amazons, Manaos. Exj). 38 millim. Genus MALLOCEPHALA. Type. Mallocephala, Blanchard, Gay's Hist. Chile, Zool. vii. p. 68 (1852).. rubripes. Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint reaching as far as frontal tuft and clothed with long hair, the 3rd long and smoothly scaled ; antennae of male bipectinate with long branches, of female biserrate ; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with long hair; hind tibiae with the medial spurs absent. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. Female with the wings much aborted. A. Femora and abdomen above pinkish rubripes. B. Femora and abdomen above yellowish latior. 0. Femora above grey deserticolor. *2025. Mallocephala rubripes. Mallocephala rubripes^ Blanchard, Gay's Hist. Chile, Zool, vii. p. 68, pi. 4, f. 7 (1852). cJ. Reddish brown; palpi and femora above pink; abdomen pinkish above with dark dorsal line. Fore wing uniform reddish brown. Hind wing paler. Hah. Chile, Coquimbo. Exp. 34 millim. This species is unknown to me. 2026. Mallocephala latior. (Plate XLIX. fig. 10.) Laora latior, Butl. Trans. En
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