. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 14G AMATTDJE. *44Sa'. Mesothen aurantegula. (Plate VII. fig. 25.) Loxophlebia aurantegula,~D. Jones, Trans. Bnt. Soc. 1914, ined. pi. i. f. 6. $ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the antennae with some whitish towards tips, the tegulae with orange patches ; palpi with the joints finely defined by white. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; a black discoidal bar conjoined to the costal fascia; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and below vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black;
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 14G AMATTDJE. *44Sa'. Mesothen aurantegula. (Plate VII. fig. 25.) Loxophlebia aurantegula,~D. Jones, Trans. Bnt. Soc. 1914, ined. pi. i. f. 6. $ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the antennae with some whitish towards tips, the tegulae with orange patches ; palpi with the joints finely defined by white. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; a black discoidal bar conjoined to the costal fascia; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and below vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black; the terminal band expanding somewhat towards apex. i Hub. Brazil, Santos, Ghiamja (D. Jones), type f $ hi Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 28 millim. *448i. Mesothen nana. (Plate VII fig. 26.) Mesothen namim, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 185 (1905). $ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the last with a greenish tinge; frons with white spots at sides ; shoulders with orange-red patches; wings hyaline, the veins and margins rather widely black. Fore wing with the black on inner margin expanding at base ; a large triangular discoidal spot ; the terminal band ex- panding widely on apical area and at tornus. Hind wing mostly black, leaving a hyaline patch beyond the cell between veins 7 and submedian fold. Hab. Fr. Guiana, Maroni 11., type f $ in Nat. Mus. Exp. 18 millim. 448 c. Mesothen endoleuca. (Plate VII. fig. 27.) Mesothen endoleuca, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 460 (1905). Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi in front, frons, basal joint of antennae in front, a line behind antenna?, some scales on edges of tegulse, patagia, shoulders, and legs white; abdomen with broad greyish subdorsal fasciae, the ventral valve of male slightly edged with white; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the base black, the terminal band expanding at apex and below vein 2. Hind wing with the inner area white below. Hab. Venezuela, Caura Valley (Klages), 1 J, 1 $. Exp. 22
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