. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 232 AMATIDJE. c? . Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; antenna? blackish at tips ; the vertex of head brownish, the tegulae with brown bars, the patagia with brown streaks; palpi whitish in front, side of frons whitish ; abdomen fulvous yellow with dorsal blackish lines on. Fig. 34.—Diptilon aurantiipes, J. \. three basal segments. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins brown; a yellow streak below postmedial part of costa; diffused brown streaks on vein 1 and inner margin ; the terminal band expanding somewhat on apical area.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 232 AMATIDJE. c? . Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; antenna? blackish at tips ; the vertex of head brownish, the tegulae with brown bars, the patagia with brown streaks; palpi whitish in front, side of frons whitish ; abdomen fulvous yellow with dorsal blackish lines on. Fig. 34.—Diptilon aurantiipes, J. \. three basal segments. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins brown; a yellow streak below postmedial part of costa; diffused brown streaks on vein 1 and inner margin ; the terminal band expanding somewhat on apical area. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins pale brownish. Underside of fore wing with the fringe of hair on vein 1 yellowish; hind wing with the costal area fulvous. Hub. Brazil, Amazons, , Calama {llcffwanns),\\\v t \ J J Type. Desmidocnemis, Moschl. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 346 (1872)... prittvitzi. 814. Herea xanthogaster, insert:— No. 803. Desmidocnemis prittvitzi, which has priority. Genus METACROCEA. Type. Metacrocea, Dyar, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 173 (1905) postfiava. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned to vertex of head; antennfe of female bipectinatewith short branches; tibia? with the spurs short; abdomen with the 2nd segment constricted. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is rounded, vein 3 from before angle of cell, 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell rather long ; vein 2 from long before angle ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. In key differs from JEthria in the hind wing having the cell moderately long, veins 3, 4 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis,
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