. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 224 Genus ARDONEA. ^^^ e Ardonea, Wlk. ii. 482 (1854) mono. Doracis, Boisd. L6p. G-uat. p. 96 (1870) morio. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head, and clothed with rough scales ; antennsB of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female with cilia and bristles, the shaft slightly dilated before middle ; tibite with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell and curved at base, 3 from before angle; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle; 7
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 224 Genus ARDONEA. ^^^ e Ardonea, Wlk. ii. 482 (1854) mono. Doracis, Boisd. L6p. G-uat. p. 96 (1870) morio. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head, and clothed with rough scales ; antennsB of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female with cilia and bristles, the shaft slightly dilated before middle ; tibite with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell and curved at base, 3 from before angle; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 absent; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. A. Fore wing green morio. B. Fore wing black-brown, with whitish streaks in the interspaces, tenebrosa. 465. Ardonea morio. Ardonea morio, Wlk. ii. 482 (1854); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 130 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 287. Boracis coracina, Boisd. Lep. G-uat. p. 96 (1870). Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing deep blue-green ; hind wing deep Fig. 145.—Ardonea morio, cJ. y Hab. Mexico, GrOte Coll., Cordova (Eumeli), Coatepec {Brools)^ Atoyac(Schuman), Orizaba (Elwes, Godnian),Guerrero { Smith), Jalisco (/Sc/iMman), Misantla (T^nijillo), Dura-ngo (Forre?-); Guate- mala (Champion) ; Hondtteas (Blancanecm), Costa Kica (Underwood, lioqers) ; Panama (Champion), Godman-Salvin Coll.; Colombia Bogota ( Vergara); Venezuela, type. Exp., d 34, $ 40 millim. 466. ? Ardonea tenebrosa. (Plate XXIV. fig. 6.) Caralcs tenebrosa, Wlk. xxxi. 306 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 207. $ . (Head wanting); black-brown ; patagia with grey patches. Fore wing with prominent medial whitish streaks above and below submedian fold and on inner margin; two indistinct brownish streaks in end of cell; whitish streaks intersected by fine streaks of the ground-colour in the interspaces towards termen, reaching the termen exc
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