. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 340 STNTOMID^. 748. Mesolasia hsemorrhoidalis. hcemorrJwiclalis, Stoll, Suppl. Cram, pi, 12. f. 1 (17fO); Dnicc, Biol, , Het. i. p. 64 : Iviiby, Cat. Het. p. 152. Mthria hamorrhtm, Hiibn. Terz. p. 120 (1827). S . Head and thorax black ; palpi white below ; shoulders with large white spots ; coxae white; abdomen with the 1st and last four segments crimson, the medial segments black ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins broadly black. Fore wing with black discocellular band from the costal fascia to or to just
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 340 STNTOMID^. 748. Mesolasia hsemorrhoidalis. hcemorrJwiclalis, Stoll, Suppl. Cram, pi, 12. f. 1 (17fO); Dnicc, Biol, , Het. i. p. 64 : Iviiby, Cat. Het. p. 152. Mthria hamorrhtm, Hiibn. Terz. p. 120 (1827). S . Head and thorax black ; palpi white below ; shoulders with large white spots ; coxae white; abdomen with the 1st and last four segments crimson, the medial segments black ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins broadly black. Fore wing with black discocellular band from the costal fascia to or to just above vein 2^ the terminal band expanding at vein 2, its inner edge Fig. 159.—Mciolasia iKsmorrhoidalis, (^. {. Hind wing with discocellular band conjoined to the costal fascia, separated from or conjoined to the apical part of terminal band, which expands into dentate marks towards toruus. 2 without white on palpi and fore coxse. Hah. Be. Hondukas (Blancaneaurc), 1 ? Godman-Salvin Coll.; Ecuador : Brazil, Eio Janeiro. Exj). 54 millim. 749. Mesolasia paula. (Plate XIII. fig. 15.) mthria paula, Scliaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 227. 5 . Black; shoulders with white spots ; abdomen with the last three segments crimson above. Fore wing with the interspaces hyaline, leaving broad black margins ; a discoidal spot conjoined to the costa and extending almost down to vein 2; the interspaces between veins 4 and 7 with fine streaks from terminal band, the one above 5 extending to cell; the terminal band expanding above tornus. Hind wing with the interspaces hyaline, leaving broad black margins, the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and towards tornus. Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, Casa Branca, 1 $ . Exp. 54 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. Sect. II. Abdomen smoothly scaled. A. Hind wing with two subapical hyaline spots melanobasis. B. Hind wing without subajjical hyaline spots oi-iiata. 750. Mesolasia melanobasis. (Plate XIII. fig. 8.) Hamaterion melanohasis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6
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