. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 814 SYNTOMID^. extending to below middle of vein 2, the upper curved; an oblique postmedial yellow band between veins 3 and 7. Hind wing with subterminal crimson spot between veins 2 and 4. Underside of fore wing with the spot in cell prominent, the fasciae in submedian interspace obsolete towards base and conjoined at extremity. Hah. Bolivia {Garlepp). Ewji. 70 millim. Type t in Coll. Druce, 690. Histisea amazonica. Histicsa amazonica, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 362 (1876); id. 111. Het. i. p. 21, pi. 18. f. 1 ; Kir
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 814 SYNTOMID^. extending to below middle of vein 2, the upper curved; an oblique postmedial yellow band between veins 3 and 7. Hind wing with subterminal crimson spot between veins 2 and 4. Underside of fore wing with the spot in cell prominent, the fasciae in submedian interspace obsolete towards base and conjoined at extremity. Hah. Bolivia {Garlepp). Ewji. 70 millim. Type t in Coll. Druce, 690. Histisea amazonica. Histicsa amazonica, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 362 (1876); id. 111. Het. i. p. 21, pi. 18. f. 1 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 120. Histiaa inferioris, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 362; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 120. Black-brown ; frons, vertex of head, tegulae, metathorax, and sides of thorax with metallic blue spots ; abdomen with two lateral series of blue spots. Fore wing with blue spots at base and on discocellulars; narrow crimson streaks below costa, in submedian interspace, and above middle of inner margin, often obsolescent, and the streak below the cell arched; a yellow spot in end of cell usually present; a broad oblique yellow band beyond the cell from vein 7 to 3 near outer margin. Hind wing with oblique variable maculate crimson band beyond the cell between upper angle and vein 2 near outer margin. Ab. inferioris : with the spots of the baud beyond cell of hind wing reduced and separate. Hah. Amazons (Bates), type (Wallace, Trail, Degand), type inferioris. Exp. 62-72 millim. 691. Histisea proserpina. Euchromia proserjnna, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. ii. p. 10, ff. 221, 222 (1827); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 120. Black-brown; vertex of head, patagia, metathorax, and sides of thorax with metallic blue spots; abdomen with two lateral series. Fig. 143.—Histiaa prosa'pina, ^. \. of blue spots. Fore wing with blue spots at base and on disco- cellulars ; short crimson streaks at base below costa and median uervure and a streak to two-thirds of wing above vein 1; a spot. Please note
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