. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 478 STNTOMID^. by paired white spots on next two segments. Fore win» black- brown ; the veins brown; a very highly dentate antemedial line defined by obscure streaks of olive-yellow before and beyond it; a triangular olive-greyish spot in middle, and quadrate spot in end of cell; two conjoined wedge-shaped spots beyond the cell, with a small rounded spot between them nearer termen, their outer edges formed by the obscure brown postmedial line, which becomes crenu- late and runs very obliquely to inner margin before middle ; a t
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 478 STNTOMID^. by paired white spots on next two segments. Fore win» black- brown ; the veins brown; a very highly dentate antemedial line defined by obscure streaks of olive-yellow before and beyond it; a triangular olive-greyish spot in middle, and quadrate spot in end of cell; two conjoined wedge-shaped spots beyond the cell, with a small rounded spot between them nearer termen, their outer edges formed by the obscure brown postmedial line, which becomes crenu- late and runs very obliquely to inner margin before middle ; a terminal series of diamond-shaped marks edged with brown. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins black; the terminal area black tinged with blue ; the tuft of hair oelireous. 5 . Fore wing with a wedge-shaped subterminal greyish spot below the small rounded spot above vein 3. Hah. Venezuela, Aroa, 1 $ . Ex^). 54 millim. Typef in Coll. Schaus. Genus NEACEREA., nov. Type, N. rufiventris. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to just above vertex of head, tbe 3rd joint minute; antenna? of male with moderate brancbes dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle ; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4 from angle ; 6 from or from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 10 from cell; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell very long: vein 2 from towards angle ; 3 and 5 from angle; 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 sometimes present as an aborted fragment. Sect. T. Fore wing with vein 10 stalked with 7, 8, 9. A. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 stalked, 6 from below angle of cell. Hind wing of male with the tornus produced to a pointed lobe, the inner area with a fold containing a tuft of hair. *1056. Neacerea brunnea. Neaccrea brunnea, Druce, Fig. 264.—Neacerea brunnea Hah. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 30 millim. 1 6 S . Dark red-broAvn ; palpi in front and pectus greyish. Fore wing with faint traces of sinuous antemedial and postmedial
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