. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 106 lithosiadj:. surface yellow. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown, extending on the costa to before middle and thence to termen above torn us, its outer edge darker and angled at the discocellulars and vein 3 ; some crimson at base of inner margin and a small blackish spot on the inner edge of the band ; the rest of wing yellow with a large round red-brown patch below apex edged with blackish and with the costa above it crimson. Hind wing yellow slightly tinged with crimson. Underside of fore wing with the basal area
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 106 lithosiadj:. surface yellow. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown, extending on the costa to before middle and thence to termen above torn us, its outer edge darker and angled at the discocellulars and vein 3 ; some crimson at base of inner margin and a small blackish spot on the inner edge of the band ; the rest of wing yellow with a large round red-brown patch below apex edged with blackish and with the costa above it crimson. Hind wing yellow slightly tinged with crimson. Underside of fore wing with the basal area yellow with dark brown on its outer edge, the subapical patch dark brown ; hind wing yellow. Hub. Brazil, Amazons, Fonte Boa (Klar/es), type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. *L5-14 e. Neritos eximia. Neritos eximius, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 180, pi. 14. f. 30 (1910). Antenme of male with bristles and cilia; fore wing with the fovea long. 6 â Head and thorax black-brown, the teguhe and patagia with broad crimson stripes; cox* pale crimson; abdomen deep crimson, the extremity black-brown with an orange dorsal spot on anal segment, the ventral surface pale crimson with the terminal seg- ments black-brown, the anal tuft ocln*eous except at tip. Fore. Fi;,r. 37.âNeritos eximia, 3. !⢠wing black-brown with a deep crimson patch below and beyond the fovea; hyaline patches between bases of veins 5 to 2 and slight semi-hyaline streaks between bases of veins 7 to 5. Hind wing black-brown with the area below and beyond end of cell hyaline, the inner area deep crimson to near tornus. of fore wing with the fovea and tuft yellow. Sab. Peru, La Oroya, K. [nainbari (Ockenden), typef cJ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. 154 if. Neritos discophora. (Plate XLV. tig. 9.) Neritos discophora, Hmpsn. Nov. Zool. xxiii. p. 231 (1916). Hind wing of male with the eosta lobed t.» about three-fourths of wing; fore wing with veins H). 11. stalked, an elongate fovea helow
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