. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 106 AECTIAD^. Sect. I. [Sychesia). Antennae of male with long branches ; hiud wing with vein 8 absent. 1376. Elysius dryas. Bomhyx dryas, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 70. C (1775); Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 206. Halesidota basipennis, Wlk. vii. 1707 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 212. Sychesia fimbria. Moschl. Verb, Ges. Wien, xxvii. p. 654, pi. ix. f. 22 (1877); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 94 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. Phcsgoptera subtilis, Butl. Trans.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 106 AECTIAD^. Sect. I. [Sychesia). Antennae of male with long branches ; hiud wing with vein 8 absent. 1376. Elysius dryas. Bomhyx dryas, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 70. C (1775); Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 206. Halesidota basipennis, Wlk. vii. 1707 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 212. Sychesia fimbria. Moschl. Verb, Ges. Wien, xxvii. p. 654, pi. ix. f. 22 (1877); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 94 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. Phcsgoptera subtilis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1878, p. 51. Dark brown ; back of head with two orange points ; pectus and coxae with orange patches ; abdomen orange above, with four sub- dorsal black spots on terminal segments, the terminal segment and ventral surface dark brown. Pore wing irrorated with yellowish- white scales, more prominent on nervures ; a whitish spot on angle of discocellulars. Hind wing pale orange, deeper on inner area; the apical area broadly brown, tapering to Fig. I'd.âElysius dryas, ^ â Hah. W. Indies ; Guatemala (CTiamjjion, Rogers) ; Costa Eica (Underiuood), Godman-^alvin Coll.; Ectjadoe ; Sueinam ; Amazons, Rio Sapo (Trail), type subtilis, Para (Bates), type basipennis in Mus. Oxon.; Bolivia, Songo, Suapi. ;. 44-54 millim. Type t fimbria in Coll. Staudinger. Subsp. 1. The yellow on neck, coxae, base of abdomen, and hind wing replaced by pale crimson. Eab. Beazil, Rio Grande do Sul (Mabilde), 1 $ . Sect. II. Antennas of male with shorter branches; hind wing with present as a spur or reaching costa. vein 8 A. {Ovythes). Hind wing of male with the inner area dilated, the tornus somewhat lobed. a. Fore wing with the costa pale h. Fore wing uniform blackish .. pallidkosia. 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 pe
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