PLATE III.

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COSSUS LAOCOON.

Plate III. fig. 1.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: HepialidÆ, Steph.

Genus. Cossus, Fabr. PhalÆna (Bombyx), Linn.

Cossus Laocoon. Alis rufo-badiis, apice obscurioribus macul medi albidÂ, nigro punctatÂ, lunulisque submarginalibus pallidis. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 3 lin.)

Syn. PhalÆna (Attacus) Laocoon, Drury. Cramer, pl. 117. B.?

Habitat: Rio Janeiro, Brazil.

Upper Side. AntennÆ brown, and filiform. Head brown, with two white spots beneath the antennÆ. Thorax cream-coloured, with a red-brown spot arising at the head. Abdomen red-brown, with cream-coloured rings. Wings red-brown; the anterior ending along the external edges in a greyish brown, where there is a row of faint cream-coloured crescents; at the shoulders there is also a round cream-coloured spot, and in the middle, near the anterior edges, is another large patch of that colour, with darker marks thereon; several other spots are likewise dispersed on these wings. Posterior wings, along the external edges, grey brown; but next the body cream-coloured, with a row of faint cream-coloured crescents along the bottom, and two small spots on the abdominal edges.

Under Side. Breast and legs red-brown; the two fore legs having two cream-coloured spots on the fore joints. Abdomen red-brown, and cream intermixed. Wings, next the body, cream-coloured, but towards their extremities red-brown, more strongly marked than on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.

ARCTIA? MENEA.

Plate III. fig. 2.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: ArctiidÆ, Stephens.

Genus. Arctia? Schrank. Callimorpha, Latr.? PhalÆna (Noctua), Drury.

Arctia? Menea. Flava, alis anticis basi, fasci lat medi apiceque margineque postico posticarum nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)

Syn. PhalÆna (Noctua) Menea, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Habitat: Brazil.

Upper Side. AntennÆ filiform and black. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. Wings yellow and black. Anterior having two round black spots at the shoulders, and two long ones at the tips. Posterior having a broad black border, beginning at the abdominal corners and running round the wings, crossing the fore wings and ending at the anterior edges.

Under Side. Palpi and tongue black. Legs black. Breast and abdomen yellow. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.

CALLIMORPHA? MOPSA.

Plate III. fig. 3.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: ArctiidÆ, Steph.

Genus. Callimorpha? Latr. PhalÆna (Noctua), Drury.

Callimorpha? Mopsa. Alis anticis fuscis fasci rect subapicali; posticis sanguineis, basi, fasci medi undat margineque nigris. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)

Syn. PhalÆna (Noctua) Mopsa, Drury, App. vol. 2.

Habitat: Madras.

Upper Side. AntennÆ filiform and black. Thorax and abdomen chocolate, the latter edged with red. Anterior wings entirely of a dun chocolate colour, having a lemon-coloured streak crossing them from the lower corners to near the middle of the anterior edges. Posterior wings next the body almost black; the remainder carmine, with a waved black line crossing them from the upper to the abdominal corners.

Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast red, with two black spots on each side. Legs grey. Wings coloured as on the upper side; the red colour on the inferior ones reaching to the body. Margins of the wings entire.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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