. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 352 SYNTOMID^. legs streaked with white; abdomen crimson below, the terminal segments mostly crimson above; the lateral tufts crimson, the medial tuft black ; wings milky hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. Fore wing witli the terminal hand expanding to apex. Hah. Jamaica, 1 ? type. 24 millim. 774. .ffithria leucaspis. Sphivxleucaspis, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. p]. 52. fF. C,D (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 151. (S. Head and thorax black ; palpi in front, a line behind eyes, spots on shoulders and femora and coxae white
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 352 SYNTOMID^. legs streaked with white; abdomen crimson below, the terminal segments mostly crimson above; the lateral tufts crimson, the medial tuft black ; wings milky hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. Fore wing witli the terminal hand expanding to apex. Hah. Jamaica, 1 ? type. 24 millim. 774. .ffithria leucaspis. Sphivxleucaspis, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. p]. 52. fF. C,D (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 151. (S. Head and thorax black ; palpi in front, a line behind eyes, spots on shoulders and femora and coxae white ; tegulte and patagia metallic blue : abdomen black shot with metallic blue : blue-edged. Fig. 16G.—JEfhria leucaspis, J. \. white dorsal and lateral series of spots; series of large white sub- lateral spots: the tuft on anal segment crimson ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the base black with blue patch, its outer edge oblique ; a discocellular black bar con- joined to costal fascia; the terminal band expanding to apex. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding to costa and with irregular inner edge. Ab. 1. Abdomen with the anal tufts orange.—Cayenne, Coll. Staudinger. Hah. Veneztjela ; Cayenne; Brazil, 5 d". ^a;/:*. 44 millim. Subsp. 1. Smaller ; frons and front of tegulae white ; abdomen with the dorsal and lateral spots white ; fore wing with the discoidal band, hind wing with the terminal band, broader. Hah. Bolivia, Chiquitos, 1 cf . Exp. 82 millim. *775. ^thria daltha. (PJate XII. fig. 14.) Eunomia daltha, Druce, A. M. N. H. (G) xv. p. 44 (1895). c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; palpi and basal joint of antennae white in front; cheeks, spots on shoulders, coxae, and stripes on legs white; tegultc and patagia with patches of blue; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of blue and white points, the lateral anal tufts crimson ; the ventral surface white except terminal segments, a white patch before the anal tufts; wings hyaline,
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