. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PREPIELLA, 357 b. Abclonien of male without lateral ttifts of hair. a}. Hind wing criniSon, with the black terminal band extending to tornus miniola. b^. Hind wing yellow, with the terminal band uot extending to tomus Urigivenia. 752. Prepiella miniola, n. sp. S . Head and thorax orange ; abdomen crimson, the anal tuft and ventral surface orange; tibiae banded with black. Fore wing orange-red, more orange to- wards base ; a black spot at base of costa ; the basal area with black streaks on sub- costal and median nervures and on
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. PREPIELLA, 357 b. Abclonien of male without lateral ttifts of hair. a}. Hind wing criniSon, with the black terminal band extending to tornus miniola. b^. Hind wing yellow, with the terminal band uot extending to tomus Urigivenia. 752. Prepiella miniola, n. sp. S . Head and thorax orange ; abdomen crimson, the anal tuft and ventral surface orange; tibiae banded with black. Fore wing orange-red, more orange to- wards base ; a black spot at base of costa ; the basal area with black streaks on sub- costal and median nervures and on vein 1, a dentate mark in cell, and a line from inner Fig. TtO.—Prej[jit'd(j mlnwia, J. ?• end of black streak on median nervure to inner margin ; a black antemedial line, sinuous and very oblique from costa to median nervure, where it is very acutely angled outwards to the postmedial line, then retracted ; the postmedial line angled outwards beyond cell, then inwards to meet the antemedial line ; a series of short black streaks on the veins of postmedial area, two towards apex forming a V-mark; the cilia black towards tornus. Hind wing crimson, with terminal black band narrowing from costa to near tornus. Hah. Amazons (Bates), 1 c? type, Fonteboa. 14 millim, Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled outwards on median nervure. Ilab. Peru, 2 c? in Coll. Schaus. 753. Prepiella strigivenia, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 6.) S- Yellow; antennae blackish; patagia and mesothorax with blackish patches ; fore and mid tibiae banded with black. Fore wing with short subbasal black line ; a black streak on basal part of costa ; subbasal streaks on subcostal and median nervures con- joined at base; a V-shaped mark below the cell with a short line from its lower extremity on vein 1; a medial line angled out- wards on subcostal and median nervures and inwards in submedian fold; a crimson line on discocellulars with an oblique streak from its lower extremity to the postm
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