. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 204 SYNTOMID^. black; vertex of head black, with patches of metallic green scales; tegulffi and patagia outlined with black ; metathorax black ; patches of green scales on patagia and metathorax; abdomen with black bands expanding into dorsal triangular marks and bearing dorsal and lateral series of metallic green spots ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins Fig. dii.—Fheia i/audei/s, (^. }. black. Fore wing with yellow streak below costa to beyond middle and two yellow streaks above base of inner margin; the terminal band expa
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 204 SYNTOMID^. black; vertex of head black, with patches of metallic green scales; tegulffi and patagia outlined with black ; metathorax black ; patches of green scales on patagia and metathorax; abdomen with black bands expanding into dorsal triangular marks and bearing dorsal and lateral series of metallic green spots ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins Fig. dii.—Fheia i/audei/s, (^. }. black. Fore wing with yellow streak below costa to beyond middle and two yellow streaks above base of inner margin; the terminal band expanding widely towards apex. Hind wing with some yellosv at base, the terminal band expanding slightly towards apex. Hab. Venezuela, Aroa, Coll. Schaus ; Amazo^sts, Para (Bates), 1 c? , type t in Mus. Oxon. Exj). 30 millim. 421. Pheia sperans. (Plate VII. fig. 23.) Poecilosoma sperans, Wlk. vii. 1606 (185(5) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 140. 2 . Black; frons and vertex of head with patches of blue scales ; tegulse, shoulders, meso- and metathorax with patches of white and blue ; slight orange marks behind tegulse and on patagia; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and ventral silvery green fasciae ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins broadly black. Fore wing with large black discocellular patch, the terminal band expanding widely towards apex. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding towards apex and tornus. (S . With the terminal band of both wings narrower. Hab. Colombia, 1 $ ; Amazons (Bates), 1 § , type t in Mus. Oxon. 36 millim. 422. Pheia haemapera. (Plate VII. fig. 24.) Pheia hamapera, Schaus. J. N. Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 139 (1898). J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulse with large crimson spots; coxae jellowish white ; abdomen with the anal tuft crimson, the ventral valve and a patch beyond it white; wings hyaline, the veins and margins broadly black. Fore wing with wedge-shaped discoidal patch from costal fascia; the terminal band expanding widely towards apex and
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