. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 118 NocruiDii;. Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Tntjillo), 1 J , 1 2 ; Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan {Champion),! cJtype murina; Panama,Chiriqui {Ghamjjion), 1 $ , Godmaii-tSalvin Coll., l^a Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 3 c?, 1 $ ; Colombia, Jiminez, 1 $ ; Yenezitela (Dysoti), 1 J type ; Be. Guiana (lioberis), 1 $ ; Fk. Guiana, St, Laurent Maroni (Le Moult), 1 $ ; BiuziL, Amazons, Eio Negro (Trail), 1 d type pecidiaris, Sao Taulo (Z*. Jones), 1 $ . ^ap. 26-30 millim. B. Hind wing of male with tlie upper extremity of cell rather produced, vein


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 118 NocruiDii;. Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Tntjillo), 1 J , 1 2 ; Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan {Champion),! cJtype murina; Panama,Chiriqui {Ghamjjion), 1 $ , Godmaii-tSalvin Coll., l^a Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 3 c?, 1 $ ; Colombia, Jiminez, 1 $ ; Yenezitela (Dysoti), 1 J type ; Be. Guiana (lioberis), 1 $ ; Fk. Guiana, St, Laurent Maroni (Le Moult), 1 $ ; BiuziL, Amazons, Eio Negro (Trail), 1 d type pecidiaris, Sao Taulo (Z*. Jones), 1 $ . ^ap. 26-30 millim. B. Hind wing of male with tlie upper extremity of cell rather produced, veins 6, 7 separating widely with a triangular fovea between their extremities on underside. 6338. Psectes fovifera, n. sp. S . Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; fore tarsi ringed with white; pectus, mid and hind legs ochreous white; abdomen brown mixed with grey and with slight whitish dorsal bars, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing red-brown extending on costa to near apex and on inner margin to before middle, its outer edge very oblique; a small subbosal greenish spot below costa and large patches below the cell and above inner margin ; a small grej'- white spot in end of cell and point at npper angle,; the terminal half grey-white suffused with brown towaids termeu and with some. Fig. 45.—P(sciss fovifera, cj". \. pale sap-green suffusion on postmedial area below costa and on inner area ; the postmedial area with traces of two double minutely waved obliquely curved lines; some white points on costa towards apex ; traces of a slightly waved whitish snbterminal line somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of black stria3 just before termcn. Hind wing dark brown, the fovea whitish, the inner margin greyish with a dark striga at tornus; cilia whitish at tips towards tornus ; the underside greyer with traces of dark line from lower of cell to inner margin and double sinuous postmedial line, 2 . Fore wing with the pale postmedial area wholly t


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