. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. srnECosoMA. 159 patch on medial part of shaft; thorax yellow ; tegute edged with black ; patagia and raetathorax striped with black : abdomen fulvous yellow; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly dark. Fore wing with slight fulvous-yellow streaks ou costa and inner margin. Hah, Be. Guiana, Demerara, type; Amazons, Para {Austen), 2 d . Ktj:^. 28 millim. B. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 separate at origin. a. Fore wing of male with thick fringe of long hair
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. srnECosoMA. 159 patch on medial part of shaft; thorax yellow ; tegute edged with black ; patagia and raetathorax striped with black : abdomen fulvous yellow; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly dark. Fore wing with slight fulvous-yellow streaks ou costa and inner margin. Hah, Be. Guiana, Demerara, type; Amazons, Para {Austen), 2 d . Ktj:^. 28 millim. B. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 separate at origin. a. Fore wing of male with thick fringe of long hair on vein 1 below; hind wing with fringe of hair oii costa above ; both sexes with the cell long â¢, veins 2 and 4 from angle, 3 from 2 near margin ; 5 obsolete. 313. Sphecosoma abnormis, n. sp. Head and thorax orange; antennce blackish at base and ex- tremities ; vertex of head black and leaden blue ; tegulse and patagia black edged with orange ; thorax -^^ ^^ ^ ^ striped with black; abdomen ful- fil ^^<^^^ ;''â vous, the first two segments. >'' ])lackish above, the 1st with ||/ dorsal orange spot, the terminal ^ segments with obscure silvery blue Fig. 71. dorsal bands; wings hyaline, the Sphecosoma ahnormis, S- ^ veins and margins narrowly black. Fore wing with slight subcostal orange streak, terminal band expanding towards apex. Hah. Lower Amazons, Massauary, 1 $ type, S m Coll. Staudiuger. Exjp. 30 millim. h. Fore wing of male without fringe of hair on vein 1 ; hind wing with the lower part of cell very short, veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk. a\ Thorax black and yellow. «^. Abdomen banded yellow and black. a^. Antennae with the medial part orange cognatum. b^. Antennae wholly black melissa. b^. Abdomen black beyond the peduncle. a^. Abdomen witli three black streaks on 1st segment; fore wing without red streak on costa surrentum. b^. Abdomen with black bands on basal segments; fore wing with red streak on n:iedial part of costa cciiadorum. h^. Thorax wholly blac
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