. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Si) abdomen yellow, the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale purplish brown to middle of eosta and thence to termen at vein 2, with crimson streak on eosta and the inner area suffused with. Fig. 24. Paranerita metaxantha, J crimson, followed by a broad obliquely downcurved opalescent white hand with the eosta yellow : a large rounded apical purple- brown patch edged with crimson ; cilia yellow. Hind wing- yellow. Hub. Colombia, Medina i Fassl), typef 6 in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 millini. *2ol7 b. Paranerita hsemab


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Si) abdomen yellow, the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale purplish brown to middle of eosta and thence to termen at vein 2, with crimson streak on eosta and the inner area suffused with. Fig. 24. Paranerita metaxantha, J crimson, followed by a broad obliquely downcurved opalescent white hand with the eosta yellow : a large rounded apical purple- brown patch edged with crimson ; cilia yellow. Hind wing- yellow. Hub. Colombia, Medina i Fassl), typef 6 in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 millini. *2ol7 b. Paranerita hsemabasis. Pa i-ii nt ill,i hsemabasis, Dogn. H.'t. Nouv. Am. Sud, vii. p. '20 (191 t). Hind femora, tibiae and tarsi of male with thick fringes of hairs and scales. cJ. Head black-brown, the vertex scarlet; thorax scarlet ; pectus and legs brownish ochreous mixed with some fuscous brown ; abdomen black-brown glossed with blue, the basal segment. 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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