. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 43.—Neritos tremula, <3, \. cell before middle; an irregularly triangular yellow patch slightly edged with scarlet from middle of eosta to median nervine ; a small yellow spot at apex and conical patch with brown spot on it on termen between vein 4 and submedian fold, its apex nearly reaching vein 5 and its inner edge irregular. Hind wing scarlet. Hub. Fb. Guiana, type f J in Nat. Mus., St. Jean Maroni, type t 6 subgaudialis, in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 3S millim. 1552 h. Neritos steniptera. Neritos steniptera, Hmp
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 43.—Neritos tremula, <3, \. cell before middle; an irregularly triangular yellow patch slightly edged with scarlet from middle of eosta to median nervine ; a small yellow spot at apex and conical patch with brown spot on it on termen between vein 4 and submedian fold, its apex nearly reaching vein 5 and its inner edge irregular. Hind wing scarlet. Hub. Fb. Guiana, type f J in Nat. Mus., St. Jean Maroni, type t 6 subgaudialis, in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 3S millim. 1552 h. Neritos steniptera. Neritos steniptera, Hmpsn. H. (7) xv. p. 445 (1905). Areomolis basalis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 35, pi. 5. ff. 20-21 (1909). Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate ; fore wing long and narrow, especially in male, hind wing with veins (3, 7 coincident in male, strongly stalked in female. Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi with some scarlet above ; vertex of head yellow with some scarlet round it ; tegula? scarlet at tips ; dorsum of thorax yellow edged with scarlet; pectus and legs yellow marked with brown and scarlet; abdomen yellow dorsally suffused with scarlet. Fore wing red-brown with yellow spots edged with scarlet on fulvous orange patches ; a spot at base ; an. Fig-. 44.—Neritos steniptera, tf. }. anteinedial series of three conjoined spots forming a band from sub- costal nervure to vein 1, excurved at middle ; a similar excurved band from middle of costa to median nervure ; a series of three spots from vein 5" before termen to vein 2 at termen; cilia with scarlet points towards apex. Hind wing orange-yellow with 12. 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 Tr
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