. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 214 SYNT0M1PJ5. 445. Mesothen pyrrha. Bydadia pyrrha, Sehaus, Ent. Am. v. p. 89 (1889); Druce, , Am., Het. ii. p. 348, pi. 71. f. 27 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 146. J . Head and abdomen black ; antennae at tips, palpi in fronts frons, guise, and coxae white f thorax orange ; abdomen with the ventral valve white and slight dorsal white streak at base ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the terminal band Fig. \Q\.—Mesothen pyrrha, cf. f. expanding on apical area and at tornus. Hind wing with the ter
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 214 SYNT0M1PJ5. 445. Mesothen pyrrha. Bydadia pyrrha, Sehaus, Ent. Am. v. p. 89 (1889); Druce, , Am., Het. ii. p. 348, pi. 71. f. 27 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 146. J . Head and abdomen black ; antennae at tips, palpi in fronts frons, guise, and coxae white f thorax orange ; abdomen with the ventral valve white and slight dorsal white streak at base ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the terminal band Fig. \Q\.—Mesothen pyrrha, cf. f. expanding on apical area and at tornus. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding at apex, the inner area black. 5 . Abdomen with lateral white stripes. Hah. Mexico, Vera Cruz; Colomria, 1 5 ; C.\xEiNNE. Exjj'. 20 millim. Type t in Coll. Sehaus. 446. Mesothen erythsema, n. sj). (Plate IX. fig. 2.) (S. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; tegulce and patagia crimson, the latter fringed with black ; coxae and femora crimson ; abdomen with lateral crimson patches on 1st segment; wings hyalioe, the veins and margins rather broadly black. Fore wing, with discoidal black lunule ; the terminal band expanding at tormis and widely on apical area. Hind wing Avith the inner area black ; the terminal band expanding towards costa. Bah. Colombia, Bogota, 1 J type. Exj). 40 millim. *447. Mesothen flaviventris. Dycladia Jlaviventris, Druce, ;. Am., Het. i. p. 62, pi. 8. f. 12 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 146. 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black; antenna) at tips and frons white ; patagia with orange patches ; abdomen with lateral white spots on 1st segment, the terminal segments orange; wings hyaline, the veins and margins rather narrowly black. Fore wing with orange point at base ; the base of costal and inner areas black ; a black discoidal lunule; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and slightly at tornus. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding towards apex. Uah. Panama, Chiriqui (TroiscJi). Exp. 26 millim. Type in Col
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