. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 554 ABCTIADJE. 6 baud with vein 2 from towards end of cell; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell; the outer half of wing iu male clothed with rough scales ou underside. 118G. Chrysozana croesus, n. sp. Head black; antennae yellowish at base and with a white beyond middle ; vertex of head and thorax golden yellow ; pectus, legs, and abdomen orange, the last with tlie dorsum crim- son to near extremity. Fore wing metallic golden; the costal area black sutl'used with gold from base, widening to termen w
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 554 ABCTIADJE. 6 baud with vein 2 from towards end of cell; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell; the outer half of wing iu male clothed with rough scales ou underside. 118G. Chrysozana croesus, n. sp. Head black; antennae yellowish at base and with a white beyond middle ; vertex of head and thorax golden yellow ; pectus, legs, and abdomen orange, the last with tlie dorsum crim- son to near extremity. Fore wing metallic golden; the costal area black sutl'used with gold from base, widening to termen where it shades off to above tornus ; the inner margin slightly tinged with fuscous. Hind wing crimson, with terminal black band expanding widely on apical area and before tornus. 2 . Abdomen with the terminal segments black. Eab. Bolivia, Songo {Garlepp), 1 S type, $ in Coll. Staudinger. Exj). 20 Fig. 406.—Chrysozana croesus, ^J. Genus B(ENASA. Type. Bcenasa, Wlk. xxxi. 26G (1864) nigrorosea. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching well in front of frons: antennie of male with bristles and cilia; tibijT? with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather shorh and broad, the costa arched, the apex rectangular ; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from well before angle; o from well above angle; 6 from middle of cell; 7 from below upper angle; 8, 9 stalked; 10 free ;° 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing of male reduced to a small triangular'lobe under base of fore wing, containing the rudiments of all the vems arfsing from cell, except the inner area, whicli is very large and turned right over so that the underside becomes the functional upperside, the inner margin the functional costa; vein \a near this costa, vein lb near the functional inner margin, which has developed long cilia; an oblique ridge running from uear base of functional costa to near functional tornus. 1187. Bcenasa nigrorosea. Bmnasa nigrorosea, Wlk. xxxi. 2(>6 (LSlU); Kirby, Cat.
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