. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 344 sYNxoMiDj;. B. Head and thorax black suffused with white ; abdomen with 1st three segments black, the others clothed with yellow hair frigida. 756. Trichura coarctata. Sphinx coarctata, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 27. f. 2 (1773); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 154. cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi white in front; frons, vertex of head, tegulte, patagia, thorax above and at sides with patches of metallic green ; coxic and fore femora in front white; abdomen with metallic green dorsal and lateral marks on 1st segment, dorsal


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 344 sYNxoMiDj;. B. Head and thorax black suffused with white ; abdomen with 1st three segments black, the others clothed with yellow hair frigida. 756. Trichura coarctata. Sphinx coarctata, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 27. f. 2 (1773); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 154. cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi white in front; frons, vertex of head, tegulte, patagia, thorax above and at sides with patches of metallic green ; coxic and fore femora in front white; abdomen with metallic green dorsal and lateral marks on 1st segment, dorsal bands on the next two segments, and paired. dorsal and lateral spots on the remaining segments; the 2nd segment white below, the 3rd with pair of spots ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing yellowish hyaline, with discocellular bar and fascia on inner margin ; the terminal band widest below apex and slightly dentate at vein 2. Hind wing with apical patch and the lobe on inner margin black. 2 without the white on palpi and coxa^. A <^ from San Leopold, Brazil, Zeller Coll., has the terminal band of fore wing regularly widening to costa. Hah. Brazil, Pernambuco, 1 d, Para {Bates), 1 $. Exj), 42 raillim. 757. Trichura driiryi. Trichura druri/i, Iliibn. Verz. p. 126 (1827); Druce, Am., Het. i. p. 65 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p 154. Sphi7ix coarctata, Oram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 4. F, G (nee Drm-y). (5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, tegulas, patagia, thorax above and at sides with metallic blue-green patches ; coxa? white; abdomen with dorsal metallic green bands on first three segments and dorsal and lateral spots on the others; the 2nd segment white below, the 3rd with a pair of spots ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with orange sjjot at base and streak on basal half of fascia on inner margin ; a slender discocellular bar; the terminal band expanding slightly to apex and dentate at vein 2. Hind wing with apical black patch


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