. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ZATREPHES. ANTAXIA., 475 crimson above ; Irons rufous; back of head, tegulce, patagia, and vertex of thorax with crimson Hues; fore legs mostly crimson; abdomen yellow, tinged with crimson above, and with whitish dorsal spot at base. Fore wing golden yellow, with a silvery gloss reticulated with crimson lines ; a slight brown mark on inner margin near base ; a brown line from costa before middle to tornus ; a large triangular hya- line patch with brown points on the veins, beyond the brown line, with its base on subcostals and
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ZATREPHES. ANTAXIA., 475 crimson above ; Irons rufous; back of head, tegulce, patagia, and vertex of thorax with crimson Hues; fore legs mostly crimson; abdomen yellow, tinged with crimson above, and with whitish dorsal spot at base. Fore wing golden yellow, with a silvery gloss reticulated with crimson lines ; a slight brown mark on inner margin near base ; a brown line from costa before middle to tornus ; a large triangular hya- line patch with brown points on the veins, beyond the brown line, with its base on subcostals and apex just above vein 2 ; some dentate brown subterminal marks. Hind wing pale crimson, becoming semihyaline white towards costa. Hah. Amazons, E. Jutahi (Trail), 1 d type. 30 Fig. Zatrcphcs paradisca, S • *1051. Zatrephes nitida. Noefua nitida, StoU, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 274. F (1780); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 196. 5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing orauge, irrorated with crimson ; thorax with fuscous stripes; legs pink ; abdomen crimson. Fore wing with slight oblique dark antemedial line not reaching costa ; two median lines which cross above vein 1, the inner from below costa, the oiiter from a large fuscous patch beyond the cell between veins 3 and 7, and emitting a wedge-shaped mark towards tornus; an indistinct dentate subterminal line. Hind wing crimson, the cilia white. Hah. Surinam. Exp. 40 millim. This species is unknown to me. Genus ANTAXIA, nov. Type, A. pyrgion. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to vertex of head, thickly scaled, and the 3rd joint minute; tibire with the spurs moderate; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell long ; vein 2 from long before angle of cell; 3 and 5 from angle; 4 absent; 6, 7 coincident. In creon there are faint traces of the aborted vein 8 from just before upper angle of c
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