. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. POLIOPASTKA. 337 (S . Head and thorax blue-black ; 1st joint of palpi, frons, and tegulse with paired bluish-white points; fore coxjc with bluish- white patches ; hind tibia) with the tufts ochreous; abdomen with bluish-white dorsal segmental points, all except 1st segment with dorsal bands of naked ochreous membrane; a lateral series of bluish-white points. Fore wing black suffused with deep green. Hind wing blue-black, with wedge-shaped hyaline patch below the
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. POLIOPASTKA. 337 (S . Head and thorax blue-black ; 1st joint of palpi, frons, and tegulse with paired bluish-white points; fore coxjc with bluish- white patches ; hind tibia) with the tufts ochreous; abdomen with bluish-white dorsal segmental points, all except 1st segment with dorsal bands of naked ochreous membrane; a lateral series of bluish-white points. Fore wing black suffused with deep green. Hind wing blue-black, with wedge-shaped hyaline patch below the cell, bidentate at extremity. Hab. Venezuela, Merida. 54 millira. Typef in ColL Doguin. Sect. II. Hind legs of male nonnal. A. Wings greenisli, with the veins blue viridis. B. Wings uniform dark lenden grey. a. Abdomen with metaUic green on ventral valve and white spot, behind it; cilia wliite at tips phimbea. b. Abdomen coucolorous below ; antennae white at tips obscura. *742. Poliopastea viridis. (Plate XII. fig. 27.) CMoropsinus viridis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 380 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 156. (S. Head and thorax black ; 2nd joint of palpi, coxijd, and 1st joint of tarsi with white points ; abdomen dark blue-grey, with ventral series of white points; wings grey suffused with iridescent greenish, the veins with dark blue. Fore wing with white point at base of costa. Hah. EcTJADOE, Chigninda {Bucldeij). Eocp. 44 millim. Typef in Coll. Druce. 743. Poliopastea plumbea, n. sp. (Plate XII. fig. 26.) J. Dark leaden grey; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, patagia, and legs with patches of metallic blue; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of metallic blue spots; the ventral valve blue edged with white, and with white patch behind it. Fore wing with blue spot at base ; the cilia white towards tornus. Hind wing with the cilia white. Hah. Lr. Amazons, Parantins {Austen), 1 cS type. Exp. 26 millim. 744. Poliopastea obscura. Tipulodcs obscura, Walleugr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 40
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