. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. EPiscEPsis. 387 with paired orange spots ; fore coxse white ; abdomen metallic blue, the dorsal patch of hair fuscous, the ventral surface white to near extremity which is fuscous. Fore wing fuscous brown, the veins paler ; an apical dirty-white patch. Hind wing fuscous tinged with blue, some hyaline in, below, and beyond cell ; the tufts of hair on inner area white. Hah. Honduras, Belize (BlancaneaiLv), 1 c^*, type. Godman- Salvin Coll. Exp. 32 millim. 859. Epi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. EPiscEPsis. 387 with paired orange spots ; fore coxse white ; abdomen metallic blue, the dorsal patch of hair fuscous, the ventral surface white to near extremity which is fuscous. Fore wing fuscous brown, the veins paler ; an apical dirty-white patch. Hind wing fuscous tinged with blue, some hyaline in, below, and beyond cell ; the tufts of hair on inner area white. Hah. Honduras, Belize (BlancaneaiLv), 1 c^*, type. Godman- Salvin Coll. Exp. 32 millim. 859. Episcepsis gnoma. Heliuragnoma, Butl. 111. Het. i. ]).44, pi. 16. f. 2 (1877); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 164. Head and thorax fuscous black; palpi white below ; back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots ; fore coxa3 white : legs streaked with white; abdomen brilliant metallic blue, the dorsal patch of hair fuscous ; the ventral surface blackish, with white patches on first three segments. Fore wing fuscous black, the veins pale. Hind wing blackish shot with blue; hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond cell; the tufts of hair on inner area of male yellowish white. Hah. Amazons, 11. Padaniiy {Trail), 1 6 type; Hio Janeiro, 1 $ . Exp. 30 millim. 860. Episcepsis lamia. Helium lamia, Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 44, pi. 16. f. 3 (1877); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 164. (S. Head and thorax fuscous brown ; two scarlet spots on back of head and two on lower part of tegula3; fore coxa3 crimson ;. Fig. 195.—Episcepsis lamia, (^. \. abdomen metaUic blue-green, with the rough hair at base blackish; the ventral surface fuscous, with sublateral white lines on basal half. Fore wing uniform fuscous brown. Hind wing black shot with blue; hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area whitish. Ab. 1. Spots on back of bead and fore coxae yellow.—Coll. Staudinger. Hah. Amazons, Rio V\ims{Trail),2 J,type. Exjp. 34 millim. 2c 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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