. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 199.—Byrsia dotata, ^ • 591. Byrsia dotata. Byrsia dotata, Wlk. xxxi. 193 (1864); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 99^ pi. iii. f. 9. Cyme princeps, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 139. i. 28 (1875); Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 90, pi. 10. f. 5; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 293. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tarsi greyish. Fore wing black ; a large orange patch from near base to well bej^ond middle, extending to below costa, its outer edge slightly dentate at vein 4 and submedian fold ; a subter- minal orange-red band
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Fig. 199.—Byrsia dotata, ^ • 591. Byrsia dotata. Byrsia dotata, Wlk. xxxi. 193 (1864); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 99^ pi. iii. f. 9. Cyme princeps, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 139. i. 28 (1875); Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 90, pi. 10. f. 5; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 293. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tarsi greyish. Fore wing black ; a large orange patch from near base to well bej^ond middle, extending to below costa, its outer edge slightly dentate at vein 4 and submedian fold ; a subter- minal orange-red band from below costa to vein 1, attenuate below and rounded above. Hind wing black-brown : the costal area pale, with orange-tinged patch below it in cell; underside yellow, with terminal black band expanding towards costa, the inner area tinged with black. 5 . Hind wing with large triangular orange patch from base to beyond middle, extending to beyond lower angle of cell. Hah. Celebes (Doherty), 1 J , 1 9 ; Amboina ; Batchian ; TiiroR (Wallace), 1 $ type. Ea^p. 22 millim. Genus NEOSCAPTIA, nov. Type, N. collaterals. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyoud frons y antennce ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs short. Fore A^'ing rather narrow;. vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 coincident; (5 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalkerl, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; (i, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 592. Neoscaptia coUateralis, n. sp. 2 . Black ; anal tuft greyish. Fore wing with large bright yellow patch from before middle to well beyond middle, its outer edge sinuous and dentate at veins G and 2; a large cupre- ous-red subterminal patch from just below costa to above inner margin, expanding towards costa. Hind wing with large bright yellow patch extending on costa from near bfise to beyond middle, with its apex near
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