. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 11.—Premolis flavithorax, c? half of costal edge pure white, a crimson streak below costa and some crimson at base of inner margin ; the terminal half yellow with an obliquely curved postmedial series of four small red-brown spots between veins 7 and 3. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area slightly tinged with crimson. Underside white; fore wing with crimson streak in the cell, brown discoidal spot and the costal area brown towards apex. llab. Bbazil, Amazons, Teffe, Fonte Boa (Klages), type f c? in Coll. Rothschild
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 11.—Premolis flavithorax, c? half of costal edge pure white, a crimson streak below costa and some crimson at base of inner margin ; the terminal half yellow with an obliquely curved postmedial series of four small red-brown spots between veins 7 and 3. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area slightly tinged with crimson. Underside white; fore wing with crimson streak in the cell, brown discoidal spot and the costal area brown towards apex. llab. Bbazil, Amazons, Teffe, Fonte Boa (Klages), type f c? in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 34 miliim. *12!>7 d. Premolis amaryllis. Premolis amaryllis, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. sxix. p. 210 (1906). c? . Antennte with bristles and cilia ; hind wing with vein S from middle of cell. Head and thorax mustard yellow sparsely irrorated with scarlet; palpi and irons tinged with scarlet; antennae pale scarlet; legs tinged with scarlet; abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing mustard yellow, the costal area red-brown ; a straight red-brown. Fig. 12.—Premolis amaryllis, cJ. t> band from costa beyond middle to tornus; traces of irregularly waved fine scarlet subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial and subterminal lines, the last ending on termen just above tornus and with faint band beyond it from apex to vein's. Hind wing yellow suffused with crimson. llab. Fn. Guiana, St, Jean Maroni, type f 6 in Nat. Mus. Exp. 32 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). Dept. of Zoology; Hampson, George Francis, Sir, 10th bart. , 1860-1936. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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