. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 426 1993. Turuptiana obliqua. Tuncptiana obliqua, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het. p. 19 (1869); Kirby, Cat. Het. pp. 235, 590. SalLcBa ochrosterna,^Q\^. Reis. Nov. pi. 101. f. 10(1874); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 235. Bobinsonia perfecta, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 60 (1884); Kirbv, Cab. Het. p. 235. Head white; palpi and antennae dark brown ; tegulce and thorax dark brown ; patagia white, edged with brown above; pectus orango ; tibiae and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen orange
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 426 1993. Turuptiana obliqua. Tuncptiana obliqua, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het. p. 19 (1869); Kirby, Cat. Het. pp. 235, 590. SalLcBa ochrosterna,^Q\^. Reis. Nov. pi. 101. f. 10(1874); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 235. Bobinsonia perfecta, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 60 (1884); Kirbv, Cab. Het. p. 235. Head white; palpi and antennae dark brown ; tegulce and thorax dark brown ; patagia white, edged with brown above; pectus orango ; tibiae and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen orange, with black-brown. ¥ig. 173. —Turuptiana obliqua, (^. }- segmental lines above and triangular dorsal patch on basal segments ; wings white. Fore wing with brown costal fascia narrowing to a point just before apex; an oblique band from or from just below middle of costal fascia, where it joins a fascia on inner margin from close to base ; cilia usually brown or brown at middle. Hind wing with the inner area more or less completely dark brown. Hab. Mexico, 1 d" type, Jalapa (TrujiUo, Hoege), 3 cj", 4 5 type, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 c?, Grodman-Salvin Coll. Ea^^., d 48, $ 58 millim, 1994. Turuptiana neurophylla. AmbrylUs neurophylla, Wlk. vii. 1710 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 217. Ecpantheria hebona, Dognin, Le Naturaliste, 1891, p. 125 ; id. Lep. Loja, p. 87, pi. 9. ff. 1, 2. ^. Head and thorax grey-white ; palpi, frons, and antennae black; tegulae edged with orange, on inner side with black ; patagia edged with orange on outer side, with black on inner ; thorax with dorsal black stripe, and some orange hair on metathorax ; pectus black and orange ; legs black with some grey hair ; abdomen black, with lateral stripes and the anal tuft orange, the ventral surface obscurely banded with grey. Eore wing with the ground-colour white ; an elliptical orange-brown patch below cell and streaks on inner margin, in cell, and above vein 2; triangular spots beyond the cell betwee
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