. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. CALIDOTA. 437 2012. Calidota gigas. Opharus gigas, Dognin, Le Nat. 1890, p. 176; id. Lep. Loja, p. 84, pi. 8. f. 13 ; kirby, Cat. Het. p. 205. Dark reddish brown; back of head, shoulders, and patagia with orange points ; abdomen with large subdorsal orange-yellow spots ;. wings with the veins and marginal areas rather darker; fore wing with diffused dark discoidal lunule. Rab. Panama, Chiriqui (Tr'dtscJi), 1 cT; Ecuador, Loja; Peru, 1 cS . ; 6 72, 2 82 milli
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. CALIDOTA. 437 2012. Calidota gigas. Opharus gigas, Dognin, Le Nat. 1890, p. 176; id. Lep. Loja, p. 84, pi. 8. f. 13 ; kirby, Cat. Het. p. 205. Dark reddish brown; back of head, shoulders, and patagia with orange points ; abdomen with large subdorsal orange-yellow spots ;. wings with the veins and marginal areas rather darker; fore wing with diffused dark discoidal lunule. Rab. Panama, Chiriqui (Tr'dtscJi), 1 cT; Ecuador, Loja; Peru, 1 cS . ; 6 72, 2 82 millim. Type t in Coll. Dognin. 2013. Calidota similis, n. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 12.) S. Black-brown; vertex of head with orange patch, paler in front; pectus with large orange lateral patches ; abdomen dorsally orange with segmental black-brown lines, the first five segments with triangular dorsal patches of brown hair diminishing in size towards extremity. Hind wing paler towards base. Hah. Bolivia, Songo (Garlejjp), 1 J type. 68 millim. *2014. Calidota albiceps. (Plate XLIX. fig. 8.) CalUdota albiceps, Dognin, Le Nat. (2) 337, p. 69 (1901). 2 . Palpi, frons, and antennae dark brown, the first with the 1st joint orange; vertex of head, tegulse, and thorax yellowish white; patagia dark brown with a white stripe above; pectus and legs blackish, with orange stripe below wings ; abdomen orange, with fine dorsal black stripe, the ventral surface blackish. Fore wing purplish brown, with slightly darker discoidal mark. Hind wing paler brown, the disk semihyaline. Hob. Venezuela, Merida, type t $ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 50 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hampson, George Francis, 1860-1936. London : British Museum
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