. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. BELEMNIASTIS.âSTENOPHiEA. 215 near termen, its irregular outer edge produced at middle. Under- side of fore wing with metallie blue fascia in and below cell and spots at angles of cell; hiud wing suffused with brilliant blue on costa to middle, in cell to the spots at angles and below the cell to near termen. Hah. Be. Guiana, type f in Coll. Druce; Amazons, Pebas (MicheUi), 1 c^. Exp. 50 millim. Genus STENOPH^A, nov. Type, 8. pollinia. Proboscis fully develope
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. BELEMNIASTIS.âSTENOPHiEA. 215 near termen, its irregular outer edge produced at middle. Under- side of fore wing with metallie blue fascia in and below cell and spots at angles of cell; hiud wing suffused with brilliant blue on costa to middle, in cell to the spots at angles and below the cell to near termen. Hah. Be. Guiana, type f in Coll. Druce; Amazons, Pebas (MicheUi), 1 c^. Exp. 50 millim. Genus STENOPH^A, nov. Type, 8. pollinia. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frons; antennse of male bipectinate, with moderate branches ; tibias with the spurs moderate ; abdomen with the anal tuft largely developed. Fore wing long and narrow; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell long, vein 3 from near angle, 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from beyond middle of cell. A. Abdomen orange-red with black segmental lines pollinia. B. Abdomen black-brown salatis. 1625. Stenophaea pollinia. Ctenucha pollinia, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 83 (1870); Druce, Biol. Am., Het. ii. p. 360, pi. 73. f. 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 175. c^ . Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi orange ; back of head with two orange patches; tegulse in front and shoulders orange ; coxae orange; abdomen orange-red with segmental black lines expanding into a dorsal series of spots ; the anal tuft tipped with crimson ; lateral black stripes and a ventral band Fig. 123.âSlenophcea pollinia, cS â {â "®^^ extremity. Fore wing fuscous brown with orange costal fascia tapering to apex ; cilia yellow at tips. Hind wing brown, with hyaline streak in lower part of cell and patch below the cell extending to inner margin; the costal area tinged with yellow ; cilia whitish at tips. Hab. Mexico, Durango City {Becker), 1 <S, Godman-Salv
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