. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. CALLISTHENIA. ILLICE. 363 Sect, II. Hind wing of male with thick fringes of long scales on uppersicle below and beyond the cell between vein 5 and submedian fold, the termen deeply excised below vein 3. 765. Callisthenia lacteata. M(spJM lacteata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. S. Head and thorax fuscous brown; abdomen pale crimson. Fore wing yellowish white, X ^^^^ J^ *^® "veins strongly streaked ^^^^^T^fei ^^^^^^7 ^ ^^^^ brown ; a purplish patch ^^^^^m ^S~~-~^^^ ^ at middle
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. CALLISTHENIA. ILLICE. 363 Sect, II. Hind wing of male with thick fringes of long scales on uppersicle below and beyond the cell between vein 5 and submedian fold, the termen deeply excised below vein 3. 765. Callisthenia lacteata. M(spJM lacteata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291. S. Head and thorax fuscous brown; abdomen pale crimson. Fore wing yellowish white, X ^^^^ J^ *^® "veins strongly streaked ^^^^^T^fei ^^^^^^7 ^ ^^^^ brown ; a purplish patch ^^^^^m ^S~~-~^^^ ^ at middle of inner area and a ^^^w (^==^^ j^ spot at tornus. Hind wing ^\^^^X O*' P^^® crimson, the fringes of ©* scales yellowish; a diffused Fig. TiS.—GaUisthenia lacteata, S- f. fuscous apical patch. Hah. Amazons, K. Javary {Trail), 1 c? type. Exp. 18 millim. Sect. III. Wings of male without fringes of scales ; abdomen with large lateral tufts of flocculent scales on terminal segments. 766. Callisthenia variegata. Cisthene vanegata, Wlk. xxxi. 242 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 290. S. Frons and antennae purplish fuscous; palpi and vertex of head yellowish tinged with pink ; tegul* pale crimson ; thorax yellowish white, with fuscous patches on patagia and meso- thorax ; legs yellowish and purplish fuscous ; abdomen ^ *r scarlet, the tufts of scales |3 towards extremity yellowish, @ the ventral surface yellowish, Yig. 212.—Callisthenia variegata, S. f- banded with black.^ Fore wing yellowish white, the veins strongly streaked with purplish black, interrupted by a post- medial band of the ground-colour defined by purplish-black lines, angled on discocellulars, meeting above inner margin, and bearing a crimson discoidal spot. Hind wing scarlet, with apical black patch narrowing to a point at vein 2. Hah. Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 S type ; Peku, Huayabamba {Garlepjo). Exjp. 18 millim. Genus ILLICE. ^ Type. mice, Wlk. xix. 1019 (1859) hatialis. JlftgjjAa, Wlk. XXX. 1013(1864) opulentari
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