. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. pcEcrLosojfA. 257 orange, with some black scales on them; the marglas narrowly black. Hah. Amazons, Ega, 2 2 (Bates), types. Exp. 32 millirn, *556. Poecilosoma eusebia. (Plate IX. fig. 18.) Isanthrene eusebia, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 373; Kirby, Cat Het. p. 131. 2 . Head and thorax orange and black; coxa3 with blue and black patches, tarsi black towards extremity ; abdomen orange, the 1st segmcQt with a pair of small dorsal ])lack spots, the 2nd to 5th segments with large blue-centred subdorsal black patches, slightly conjoine
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. pcEcrLosojfA. 257 orange, with some black scales on them; the marglas narrowly black. Hah. Amazons, Ega, 2 2 (Bates), types. Exp. 32 millirn, *556. Poecilosoma eusebia. (Plate IX. fig. 18.) Isanthrene eusebia, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 373; Kirby, Cat Het. p. 131. 2 . Head and thorax orange and black; coxa3 with blue and black patches, tarsi black towards extremity ; abdomen orange, the 1st segmcQt with a pair of small dorsal ])lack spots, the 2nd to 5th segments with large blue-centred subdorsal black patches, slightly conjoined on 2nd and 3rd segments, the terminal segments black ; wings hyaline yellow, the veins and margins narrowly black. Fore wing with orange streak on basal part of costa and inner margin ; an apical black patch. Hind wing with black streak in end of cell and terminal black patch near tornus. Bah. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buc/deij). Exp. 42 millirn. Typet in Coll. Druce. Sect. II. {Agerocha). Abdomen of male without ventral valve. A. Abdomen with lateral crimson patches at base eone. B. Abdomen with broad lateral orange-red fasciie; fore wing with red streak below costa marginatum. 557. Poecilosoma eone. Agerocha eone, Hubn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 10, ff. 417, 418 (1827); Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 147. Head and thorax black; frons with white spot; metallic blue spots above eyes, on tegulae, shoulders, and fore tibioe; patagia streaked with white; pro- and metathorax below with white patches, mesothorax with crimson patch; coxjb and streaks on mid and hind femora white; abdomen black, with crimson and Yig. \12.—PwcUosoma cone, S. \. yellow marks on 1st seg- ment, the next two segments with lateral crimson patches; lateral and dorsal series of white and metallic blue spots; two ventral series of white spots; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with blue spot at base of costa and streak on inner margin ; the black fascia on inner margin expanding into a spot before middl
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