. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 10.—Aphi/le margaritacea, J. the shaft white towards base; patagia with black spots; fore and mid legs spotted and streaked with brown ; abdomen dorsally orange fulvous, the ventral sur- face white. Fore wing semihj'aline white slightly tinged with yellow ; the costa orange ; an oblique black antemedial bar from ])elow costa to below median nervure, with two spots between it and inner margin ; an oblique bar from below costa across end of cell and on base of vein 3 ; an oblique striga from vein 2 to tornus; a curved line f
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. 10.—Aphi/le margaritacea, J. the shaft white towards base; patagia with black spots; fore and mid legs spotted and streaked with brown ; abdomen dorsally orange fulvous, the ventral sur- face white. Fore wing semihj'aline white slightly tinged with yellow ; the costa orange ; an oblique black antemedial bar from ])elow costa to below median nervure, with two spots between it and inner margin ; an oblique bar from below costa across end of cell and on base of vein 3 ; an oblique striga from vein 2 to tornus; a curved line from below costa across apical area to termen and a .short streak on apical part of costa. Hind wing strongly tinged with orange fulvous. 2 . Abdomen and wings almost pure white ; fore wing without orange costal fascia ; antemedial black spots in cell and on inner margin instead of the bar and spots. Hab. Amazons, Panx (Bates), 1 d", 1 2 type. Exj)., d 30, $ 38 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with vein fi from the cell ; 7 from beyond 10 ; 11 stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; hind wing with veins 3, 5 from cell. 1215. Aphyle incamata, n. sp. $, Pink, slightly tinged with purplish brown; palpi yellow in front; legs partly yellow; ventral surface of abdomen -white. Fore wing with the veins and inner area less ringed with brown; indis- tinct antemedial, medial, and postmedial waved lines, the last arising from apex, at ^ vein 6 retracted and bent Fig. incamata, $. }. ^^^^^^^^ to below vein 7, then waved to tornus, the area beyond it yellow with some pink points on the broad medial part. Hind wing paler pink. JIab. Amazoxs, Olivencas (Michelli), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 Genus , nov. Type, P. ohscurafa. fully developed; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head; antenna; of female with cilia and bristles ; tibiae with the spurs short; abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair at base. Fore " ing rather narrow ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 f
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