. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 432 StNTOillD^. *952. Cacostatia discalis. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) Eiiagra discalis, Wlk. vii. 1651 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 179. S. Black shot with hrilliant metallic blue ; frons, shoulders, and some patches of scales on tegulae and metathorax white; neck below and coxae white ; abdomen with subdorsal and sublateral, and broad ventral white fascia?. Eore wing with patch of white scales on base of vein 1 ; a small triangular hyaline patch above base of vein 2 and a broad oblique band bej'ond the cell between veins 3 and 7, the
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 432 StNTOillD^. *952. Cacostatia discalis. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) Eiiagra discalis, Wlk. vii. 1651 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 179. S. Black shot with hrilliant metallic blue ; frons, shoulders, and some patches of scales on tegulae and metathorax white; neck below and coxae white ; abdomen with subdorsal and sublateral, and broad ventral white fascia?. Eore wing with patch of white scales on base of vein 1 ; a small triangular hyaline patch above base of vein 2 and a broad oblique band bej'ond the cell between veins 3 and 7, the veins crossing it blue. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, and margins broadly, blue-black; the terminal band expanding towards apex and torniis. Ab. 1. Fore wing with small hyaline spots below base of cell and vein 2, and above median nervure beyond origin of vein 2.— Coll. Staudinger. Hah: Amazons {Bates), 1 d type f in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 36 millim. Genus AUTOCHLORIS. Type. Autochlons, Hiibn. Verz. p. 125 (1827) almon Schasiura, Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 37 (1877) viimica. Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head; antenna? bipectinate, with modei-ate brandies dilated at extremity; build stout; tibiaj with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8,9,10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from long before angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle; 5 absent; 6,7 from upper angle. Sect. I. {Aiitochloris). Abdomen of male with large lateral valves on 2ud segment. 953. Aiitochloris almon. AutocMoris almon. Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 224. F; Stoll, Suppl. Cram, pi. 11. ff. 1 A, D ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 125. c5'. Black ; tegulfe with green points; abdomen with broad. Fig. 233.—Autochloris almon, c?. subdorsal golden-green fascioe except on first two segments; the lateral valves on 2nd segment with small white spots and a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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