. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. '2\A.~Patreliura capys, cJ. Genus LYMIRE. Type. i///H»Y, Wlk. ii. 489 (1854) melanocephala. Mallusfethus, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 408 (1876) meta melas. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head; antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibise with the spurs moderate. Fore wing narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4,5 shortly stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli vein 2 from long before angle of
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. Fig. '2\A.~Patreliura capys, cJ. Genus LYMIRE. Type. i///H»Y, Wlk. ii. 489 (1854) melanocephala. Mallusfethus, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 408 (1876) meta melas. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head; antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibise with the spurs moderate. Fore wing narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4,5 shortly stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli vein 2 from long before angle of cell; o from angle; 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 sometimes present as an aborted fragment from upper angle. A. Fore wing black ; thorax wholly orange metamelas. B. Fore wing and thorax brown strigivenia. C. Fore wing gi-ey or white ; thorax orange in front only. a. Fore wing grey, the costa whitish. ai. Abdomen yellow below melanocephala, 6'. Abdomen whitish below edwardsi. b. Fore wing white, with dark-grey fascia on inner margin alhijiennis. 920. Lymire metamelas. Glatwopis metamelas, Wlk. i. 145 (1854); Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 39, pi. 7. f. 10; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 156. (S . Black; back of head and thorax orange. Fore wing with slight semihyaline streaks in the interspaces. Hind wing hyaline ; the veins, termen, and whole inner area black. Ex_p. 28 Fig. 215.—Lymire metainelas, ^, Hah. Amazons, Para (Bates), 3 d , type. 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, 1860-1936. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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