. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 244 AECTIAD^. 511. Cisthene lunaris. (Plate XXY. fig. 11.) Cisthene Itmaris, Wlk. sxsi. 241 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; antennae black; tibise and tarsi tinged with fuscons. Fore wing pale yellowish fnscons ; the inner margin orange-yellow ; an orange-yellow fascia in cell from base to the curved medial band ; an almost or quite terminal band incurved to costa ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing orange- yellow with teimiual fuscons band, its inner edge somewhat angled at mid
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 244 AECTIAD^. 511. Cisthene lunaris. (Plate XXY. fig. 11.) Cisthene Itmaris, Wlk. sxsi. 241 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; antennae black; tibise and tarsi tinged with fuscons. Fore wing pale yellowish fnscons ; the inner margin orange-yellow ; an orange-yellow fascia in cell from base to the curved medial band ; an almost or quite terminal band incurved to costa ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing orange- yellow with teimiual fuscons band, its inner edge somewhat angled at middle, sometimes indistinct and with orange. Hah. Colombia, Bogotii (NoMcen), 1^,1$ type. Ea^jo., J 24, 2 28 millim. 512. Cisthene pnisias. Euscino pri/sias. Druce, A. M. N. IT. (6) xiii. p. 176 (1894); id. Biol. , Het. ii. p. 397, pi. 78. f. 2. $ . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; palpi black at tips ; antennas and legs black. Fore wing black, with very broad orange band occupying the median half of wing : a curved subteiminal band from just below costa to vein 1, attenuate at extremities. Hind wing orange, with fuscous spot on base of costa ; the terminal third black. Hah. Mexico, Jalisco (ScJmmann), 1 5 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Esep. 30 millim. This may be an extreme form of menea. 513. Cisthene menea. Arctia menea, Driiry, 111. Exot. Ent. iii. pi. iii. f. 2 (1782); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 127 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. Buscino Icpfifera, Wlk. xxxi. 264 (1864); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 127 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. miKcino latifasciatus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 841 (1875); Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 127, pi. 12. f. 24 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 293. Euscino arctifafcia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 330; Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 127 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 293. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; palpi, antennas, and legs black ; abdomen with the ventral surface en- tirely black except at base, M'ith black patch
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