. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 162 STNTOMID^. 320. Pompilopsis tarsalis. Glaucopis tarsalis, Wlk. i. 196 (1854), S; Butl. 111. Het. i. i). 28, pi. 13. f. 1; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. Glaucopis scmihyalina, Wlk. i. 197 (18.'54), $ ; Butl. 111. Het. i. pi. 13. f. 9; Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 63; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. PseucJospkex vesjnformis, Aussereur. Schmett. i. f. 425 (1855). d . Blue-black ; frons grey at edges; antennse with the shaft whitish above ; tarsi grej'ish ; abdomen with the pedun- culated segment ventrally whitish; win
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 162 STNTOMID^. 320. Pompilopsis tarsalis. Glaucopis tarsalis, Wlk. i. 196 (1854), S; Butl. 111. Het. i. i). 28, pi. 13. f. 1; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. Glaucopis scmihyalina, Wlk. i. 197 (18.'54), $ ; Butl. 111. Het. i. pi. 13. f. 9; Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 63; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. PseucJospkex vesjnformis, Aussereur. Schmett. i. f. 425 (1855). d . Blue-black ; frons grey at edges; antennse with the shaft whitish above ; tarsi grej'ish ; abdomen with the pedun- culated segment ventrally whitish; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowlj^ black. Fore wing with a broad hyaline brown band from inner margin before Fig. 74.—Pompilopsis tarsalis, cS. \. middle to costa and along it to apex, with a brilliant metallic-blue diseocellular patch on it, and the costa streaked with blue; a blue and fuscous patch at tornus. Hind wing hyaline brown except at base ; a brilliant metallic-blue, irregular, terminal band varying in width. 5 . Fore wing with the hyaline brown band not extending to apex; no patch at tornus ; hind wing with the area between lower angle of cell and apex clouded with brown, no terminal blue band. Hab. Mexico, Tabasco (If. H. Smith); Guatemala, Vera Paz {Champion), Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Amazons, Para (Bates), types. Exp. 44 millim. Genus POMPILIODES, nov. Type, P. aliena, Wlk. Proboscis well developed; palpi upturned, slender, and reaching vertex of bead; antennae witb tbe sb aft dilated at middle; tibije with tbe spurs short; abdomen with the 2nd segment somewhat constricted, male with a ventral valve covering basal segments. Fore wing long and narrow; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle, or 3 before angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wiug with the lower part of cell rather short; veins 2, 3, 4 stalked from angle, 3 given off from 2 close to the margin ; 5 obsolescent; 6, 7 stalked or from cell. Bect. I. Antenna of male bipectinate, w
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