. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 106 Sect. I. (Si/chcsia). Antennae of male with long branches; hiud wiug with vein 8 absent. 1376. Elysius dryas. Bombi/x dryas, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 70. C (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. Halemlota hasipennis, Wlk. vii. 1707 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 212. Sycliesia fimbria, Moschl. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx^ii. p. , pi. ix. f. 22 (1877); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 94 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. Phcegoptcra suhtilis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 51. Dark brown ; back of head with two orange
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 106 Sect. I. (Si/chcsia). Antennae of male with long branches; hiud wiug with vein 8 absent. 1376. Elysius dryas. Bombi/x dryas, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 70. C (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. Halemlota hasipennis, Wlk. vii. 1707 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 212. Sycliesia fimbria, Moschl. Verh. Ges. Wien, xx^ii. p. , pi. ix. f. 22 (1877); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 94 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 206. Phcegoptcra suhtilis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 51. Dark brown ; back of head with two orange points ; pectus and coxae with orange patches ; abdomen orange above, with fonr 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. 79.âElysius dryas, <Sâ \- Hah. W. Indies ; Guatemala {Champion^ Rogers) ; Costa Eica (iJwc^^riMOfZ), Godman-Salvin Coll.; Ecuadok ; Surinam; Amazons, Rio Sapo (Trail), type suhtilis. Para {Bates), type hasipennis in ]\Ius. Oxon.; Bolivia, Songo, Suapi. 44-54 millim. Type t fimbria in Coll. Staudinger. Subsp. ]. The yellow on neck, coxae, base of abdomen, and hind wing replaced by pale crimson. Hah. Brazil, Eio Grande do Sul (Mahilde), 1 $ . Sect. II. Antennae of male with shorter branches; hind wing with vein 8 present as a spur or reaching costa. A. {Ovythes). Hind wing of male with the inner area dilated, the tornus somewhat k)bed. a. Fore wing witli the costa pale pallidicosfa. b. Fore wiug uniform blackish 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)
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