. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AGRYROLEPIDIA. 551 middle; pataj»ia and thorax with some white hair ; pectus and legs white and black; the throat, fore coxa), and fringe on femora orange ; abdomen banded with white except towards extremity, the anal segment orange. Fore wing with subbasal and antemediul series of small metallic blue spots and a short streak on base of vein 1 ; a small white spot in middle of cell, with a blue spot above it on costa; spots below base of vein 2 and on middle of inner margin; a series of six small white spots beyond the cell bet
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AGRYROLEPIDIA. 551 middle; pataj»ia and thorax with some white hair ; pectus and legs white and black; the throat, fore coxa), and fringe on femora orange ; abdomen banded with white except towards extremity, the anal segment orange. Fore wing with subbasal and antemediul series of small metallic blue spots and a short streak on base of vein 1 ; a small white spot in middle of cell, with a blue spot above it on costa; spots below base of vein 2 and on middle of inner margin; a series of six small white spots beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2, with a small blue spot above them on costa, and a series beyond them incurved towards inner margin ; a subterminal series of small spots; cilia white at apex. Hind wing with the basal half metallic blue except costal area on upperside, its outer edge sinuous ; a few subterminal blue scales on veins 2, 3 ; cilia chequered white and black; the underside with maculate blue subterminal band from costa to vein 2. Hah. New Hanover, in Coll. Rothschild; New Irelaxd. 40 millim. 45. Argyrolepidia pamphila. Bombjjx pamphila, StoU, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 153, pi. 368, G (1782); Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 24. Aqarkta micacea, Wlk. xxxi. 48 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 23. Phalce)ioides ceramensis, Kirby, Cist. Eat. i. p. 346 (1875). c^". Black shot with brilliant blue; palpi fringed with orange hair and with some white in front ; sides of frous, basal joint of antenna), spots on back of head, gula3, edges of tegute, and spots on patagia white ; the hair on fore coxae and femora orange, the hair on pectus and marks on tibiae and tarsi white; abdomen with bluish-white segmental bands, confluent below, the anal tuft. Fig. 243.—Argi/rolepidia pamphila, c?. J^. orange. Fore wing with slight silvery-blue streak below base of vein 1 ; two pairs of subbasal points below costa and cell; ante- medial points below costa, in cell, and above vein 1 : a quadrate white spot in midd
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