. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AGORiEA.—BITURTX. 1'-^ Sect. IT, Antnnffi of male bijiectinate with short branches, of fcmalo minutely eerrate and fasciculate. 1537. Agorsea pellucida. Bomhyx pelhicida, Sepp, Surin. Vlind. ii. p. 175, pi. 70 (1848); Druee, Biol. , Het. ii. p. 410; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 211. Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi at sides and back of head with bhick spots ; pataf^ia and thorax with black stripes; l)ectus white, with orange and black lateral stripes ; legs whitish, with brown and black stripes; fore coxa? orange at si
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AGORiEA.—BITURTX. 1'-^ Sect. IT, Antnnffi of male bijiectinate with short branches, of fcmalo minutely eerrate and fasciculate. 1537. Agorsea pellucida. Bomhyx pelhicida, Sepp, Surin. Vlind. ii. p. 175, pi. 70 (1848); Druee, Biol. , Het. ii. p. 410; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 211. Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi at sides and back of head with bhick spots ; pataf^ia and thorax with black stripes; l)ectus white, with orange and black lateral stripes ; legs whitish, with brown and black stripes; fore coxa? orange at sides; abdomen orange, the 1st segment gro}-- brown, a dorsal and two lateral series of black spots, the yeiitral surface brown- Fig. 97.—^yf""«" i^cWwdcZa, cJ'. \, ish white. Fore wing scmihyaline brownish grey, the interspaces shghtly streaked with brown ; the veins streaked with black ; a black spot at lower angle of cell. Hind wing semi- hyaline brownish white. Hah. Mexico, Yucatan (Godman), 1 5, Godman-Salvin Coll.; St. ViJfCENT (H. H. Smith), 2 J, 1 $ ; Trinidad {Hart), 1 J ; ScRiNAJi; Brazil, Amazons, Prainha (Trail), 1 ?, Sao Paulo {Jones), 2 $ . i/Uy. 24-40 millim. Geuus BITURYX. Type iJiVttr^x, Wlk. iii. 717 () diversipes. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond the frons ; antennte of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female with short brancihes ; tibiae with the spurs short; abdomen smoothly scaled, with lateral tubercles at base. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 5 from above angle; (i from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 5 from just above angle ; 7 from or from just before upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Abdomen of female wilh the terminal segment and vcntrally the last four segments greatly dilated with tufts of woolly hair. A. Hind wing white intacta. Ii. Hind wing brownish, with dark streaks on the veins ve
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