. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 322 STNTOMID^. 706. Macrocneme maja. ZygcBtia maja, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 106 (1787); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 128. Black; antennae -white at tips ; frons with two white points ; tegulae with dorsal white point; palpi at base, pectus, fore coxae in front, and base of femora behind with white spots ; abdomen with two dorsal white points on 1st seg- _ _ y^ ment; a lateral series of ^^S^S^ \M i\ white points and sub- '^ f dorsal metallic green fasciae ; a ventral series Y\g.\^l.—Macrocneme maja, ^. \- of white points, Foi'e wing with
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 322 STNTOMID^. 706. Macrocneme maja. ZygcBtia maja, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 106 (1787); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 128. Black; antennae -white at tips ; frons with two white points ; tegulae with dorsal white point; palpi at base, pectus, fore coxae in front, and base of femora behind with white spots ; abdomen with two dorsal white points on 1st seg- _ _ y^ ment; a lateral series of ^^S^S^ \M i\ white points and sub- '^ f dorsal metallic green fasciae ; a ventral series Y\g.\^l.—Macrocneme maja, ^. \- of white points, Foi'e wing with two white points at base ; the outer half suffused with metallic blue-green to near termen, and sometimes with streaks towards base below median nervure and on inner margin. Hind wing with more or less developed patch of blue-green on apical area. Hah. Amazons, Para (Bates). Exp. 38 millim. B. Antenriie of female minutely serrate. a. Hind tarsi with the terminal joints and fringe golden yellow. «'. Abdomen of male with the ventral valve edged with orange. a'^. Tegulte with orange spots misitra. b^. Tegulaj without orange spots laciades. I?. Abdomen of male with the ventral valve edged with white, a". Fore wing with medial blue streaks below costa and in cell auripes. V^. Fore wing with blue spot at base only, the apical area brownish jalapensis. c^. Abdomen without white on ventral valve ; fore wing with large patch of metallic green on discal area ... chrysotarsia. b. Hind tarsi with the terminal joints fringed with white, a'. Abdomen of male with the ventral valve edged with white, followed by a paired series of white tpots. «^. Abdomen suffused with golden green ; fore wing with large discal green patch indistincta. b'^. Abdomen with dorsal and lateral green stripes. «^. Fore wing with the costal half nearly all green, and a streak on vein 1 alesa. P. Fore wing with green streaks in and above cell only vittata. b^. Abdomen without ventral white marks. a^. Fore win
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