. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PHILOEOS. HYALEUCEREA. 533 1177. Philoros lanra, n. sp. (Plate XYII. fig. 23.) Dull black; palpi at base, back of head, neck, and anal tuft crimson; palpi in front, frons, coxdg, and stripes on legs white ; abdomen tinged with blue and with white ventral stripe. Pore wing with slight yellowish streak on inner margin ; the cilia tipped with white except at middle. Hind wing shot with blue ; an apical white patch; the termen and inner margin white towards tornus.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. PHILOEOS. HYALEUCEREA. 533 1177. Philoros lanra, n. sp. (Plate XYII. fig. 23.) Dull black; palpi at base, back of head, neck, and anal tuft crimson; palpi in front, frons, coxdg, and stripes on legs white ; abdomen tinged with blue and with white ventral stripe. Pore wing with slight yellowish streak on inner margin ; the cilia tipped with white except at middle. Hind wing shot with blue ; an apical white patch; the termen and inner margin white towards tornus. Hab. Bolivia, Bueyes (GarlejJj))-, 2 c? , type; 2 i^ Coll. Staud- inger. Exp. 38 millim. 1178. Philoros ruhriceps. Ctenucha rubriceps, W\k. ii. 283(1854); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 82, pi. 9. f. 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 176. Ctenucha opaca, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 84 (1870); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 176. Ctenucha scepsifo7V7iis, H. Edw. Ent. Am. iii. p. 91 (1887). Head and thorax fuscous brown; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, throat, and vertex of head scarlet; frons and abdomen shot with blue. Fore wing fuscous brown; the veins darker. Hind wing shot with blue; cilia of both wings often white at tips, or towards tornus only. Fig. 281.—Philoros rtibriceps, cS' f- Ab. 1. ojmcci. Palpi, throat, and vertex of head fulvous orange.—Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Uruguay. Bab. Mexico (ff. Edwards), 1 $, Jalapa (Trujillo, Hoege), Orizaba {Godman, Eliues), Vera Cruz {H. H. Smith), Coatepec (Brooks); Gfatejiala (Champion); Costa Eica (Underwood): Godman-Salvin Coll.; Colombia; Venezuela, type; Beazil, Sao Paulo (Jones), Rio Janeiro ; Uefguat (Berg). Exp. 30-34 millim. 1179. PMloros neglecta. Tipidodes neglecta, Boisd. Voy. Astr., Lep. p. 195, pi. 3. f. 8 (1832); Burm. Descr. Eep. Arg. v. p. 383; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 176. Head and thorax brown and fuscous ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, throat, and vertex of head orange; abdomen black, shot with blue above. Pore wing pale brown, sometimes w
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