. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MACHOPTILA. 515 creamy white. Underside of fore wing with the black patch extending to below middle of costa. link. Fit. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Le Moult), type t 6 in Coll. Dognin. Exji. 14 milliin. *389 a. Macroptila antonia. Macroptila antonia, Dogn. Hot. Nouv. Am. Sud, iii. p. 6 (1911). Fore wing of male very narrow, the inner margin highly arched, vein 7 from beyond 9 ; 10 curved towards base, the inner margin fringed with long upturned hair on underside, a patch of long spatulate upturned scales below end of cell and
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MACHOPTILA. 515 creamy white. Underside of fore wing with the black patch extending to below middle of costa. link. Fit. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Le Moult), type t 6 in Coll. Dognin. Exji. 14 milliin. *389 a. Macroptila antonia. Macroptila antonia, Dogn. Hot. Nouv. Am. Sud, iii. p. 6 (1911). Fore wing of male very narrow, the inner margin highly arched, vein 7 from beyond 9 ; 10 curved towards base, the inner margin fringed with long upturned hair on underside, a patch of long spatulate upturned scales below end of cell and a patch of andro- conia beyond the cell; hind wing very broad, the costa highly arched towards apex and fringed with hair except towards Fig. 114.âMacroptila antonia, tf. J. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the tegulse tinged with yellow; antennae yellow; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous yellow, the fore and mid legs suffused with brown in front. Fore wing silvery white, the inner margin and cilia faintly tinged with brown. Hind wing white. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged with brown. Hah. Colombia, Antonio (F(tssl), type f cT in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 40 millim. 389 b. Macroptila monstralis, Macroptila monstralis, Schaus, H. (8) vii. p. 357 (1911). Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell, 7, 8, 9 stalked. the cell of male broad with slight fringe of hair on extremity of median ncrvure on underside ; hind wing with the cell broad and Ioul;-, vein (i from below angle of cell, 8 from close to angle, a glandular patch in upper part of cell near base, the upperside with the cell and area beyond it clothed with androconia to near termen, a patch of downturned hair at apex ; fore femora fringed with fulvous hair above. d . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish ; pectus and legs whitish suffused witli brown, the fore legs fuscous brown with the fringe of hair on femora fulvous ; abdomen whitish. Fore wing
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