. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ANTAXIA. rXYCIIOTRlCnOS. 477 black spots; thorax orange ; tegultc and patagia banded with ])lack ; legs with bhick points ; abdomen orange above. Fore wing with the veins slightly streaked with oclireoua, the interspaces with tine black streaks inter- rupted in many jdaces ; an obscure subbasal orange line; a large black-edged orange discoidal lunule; a postmedial line highly ex- curved beyond cell, then bent inwards to near origin of vein 2; a curved orange fulvous subterminal band obsolete towards costa, and expanding above v
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. ANTAXIA. rXYCIIOTRlCnOS. 477 black spots; thorax orange ; tegultc and patagia banded with ])lack ; legs with bhick points ; abdomen orange above. Fore wing with the veins slightly streaked with oclireoua, the interspaces with tine black streaks inter- rupted in many jdaces ; an obscure subbasal orange line; a large black-edged orange discoidal lunule; a postmedial line highly ex- curved beyond cell, then bent inwards to near origin of vein 2; a curved orange fulvous subterminal band obsolete towards costa, and expanding above vein 5 and towards tornus ; a terminal series of black lunulate marks, the two below apex larger and conjoined to the streaks ai)ove veins 5 and 6. Hind wing semihyaline, the inner area clothed with orange hair. Hah. Beazil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 1 c? 1 2 • Ea-p. 34 Fig. 262.—Anfaxia aJflominalis, ^. Genus PTYCHOTRICHOS. Ptychotrichos, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 227 Tvpe. sens. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi uptiinied and reaching just above vertex of head; antennse of male bipectinate, with niorlerate brandies dilated at ex- tremity ; tibiie with the spurs moderate ; abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair at base. Fore wing loTig and narrow, the termen very oblique; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked ; fi from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the cell long ; vein 2 from well before angle ; 3 and 5 from angle ; 4 absent; 6, 7 from upper angle; male with the tornus pro- duced to a point, the inner area with a fold containing a tuft of long hair. 1055. Ptychotrichos zeus. Ptychoirichos ceus, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 228. d'. Head and thorax black-brown ; neck orange, fore coxge white, base of femora and extremity of 1st tarsal joint with white points; f^". 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 ma
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