. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ASTAXIA. 83 Hob. Costa Eica, Candelaria Mts. Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp, 40 millim. {Underwood), 1 (S type, 1235. Amaxia apyga, n. sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 7.) Amaxia pyga, Druce, Biol. , Het. ii. p. 369 (nee Scbaus). c? . Head, tegulse, and base of patagia bright yellow ; palpi above and antennae brown; thorax and abdomen brown, the latter yellow towards extremity; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; fore and mid legs yellow. Fore wing bright yel
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ASTAXIA. 83 Hob. Costa Eica, Candelaria Mts. Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp, 40 millim. {Underwood), 1 (S type, 1235. Amaxia apyga, n. sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 7.) Amaxia pyga, Druce, Biol. , Het. ii. p. 369 (nee Scbaus). c? . Head, tegulse, and base of patagia bright yellow ; palpi above and antennae brown; thorax and abdomen brown, the latter yellow towards extremity; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; fore and mid legs yellow. Fore wing bright yellow, with a large brown patch on inner area extending below the costa from base to middle, then to inner margin near tornus, its edges irregular, a crimson point on middle of median nervure and slight streaks on the veins and interspaces; a discoidal brown point and a series beyond the cell between veins 3 and 7; a postmedial series, of which four towards apex are larger, edged with crimson, curved and more or less conjoined ; a subterminal series. Hind wing brown, with the costa and termen yellow to the submedian fold. Hah. Costa Eica, Candelaria Mts. (Undertvood), 1 (S type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Hondueas ; Amazons, Olivencas. Fxy. 40 millim. Sect. II. Hind wing of male with the costa less strongly lobed and with small patches of androconia on fore and hind wings; vein 2 from the cell, 3 and 5 on a long stalk. A. Fore wing without silvery markings on inner area. a. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with scarlet, dyuna. b. Fore wing with the veins streaked with scarlet erythrophleps. B. Fore wing with silvery markings on inner ai*ea chao7i (5 ). 1236. Amaxia dyuna. Amaxia dyuna, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. See. iv. p. 135 (1896). c?. Head and thorax bright yellow; palpi above, frons, and pectus in front marked with crimson ; patagia and thorax with patches of crimson and brown ; fore legs streaked with fuscous ; abdomen crimson, a dorsal spot on 2nd segment and the terminal seg
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