Notes on the Lepidoptera of the Family Zygnid, with ... - Wallace Online

asal white band ; lateral metallic green spots ; anus orange : expanse
of wings 38 millims.
Obispo, Panamh (Saluin). Typc, B.M.
A beautiful and very distinct species, somewhat resembling
Pheia intensa.
Genus SABOSA, WXh-er. P1. XXVII. fig. 11.
1. SAROSA sESIIPORMls=G~aucopis (Sarosa) scsiiformis, Walker, hp.
Het. i. p. 151.
Venezuela (Dyson). Type, R.M.
Closely resembles Homaeocera scintillane in coloration.
2. s. AcUTIoR=Isanthrene acutior, Felder, Reise der Noa. Lep. iv.
tab. cii. f. 27.
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somewhat resembles Evruca machilis.
3. S. POMPILINA, n. sp.
Herd and thorax blrck-brown, frons with four white dots j collar grey
prothoras with a furcate grey marking in the middle; abdomen
blackish slate-colour, with a grey stripe down each side ; a few testa-
ceous hairs at the base ; palpi black ; antennae deep ferruginous, be-
coming black towards base and apex ; body below browu ; tarsi of
front pair of legs red ; cox= of hind pair of legs white ; a large white
spot on each side of the third abdominal segment ; wings pale testn-
ceous hyaline, costal vein, first two branches of the subcostal abovc,
all the veins below, and basi-internal margin of primaries red; costa,
inner margin, and other veins black ; secondaries with veins, margins
above, and a biundulated and border black ; costa below red, especi-
ally at base : expanse of wings 31 millims.
Espiritu Santo (Higgins). Type, R.M.
Not unlike Erruca Pertyi.
Genus EEEUOA, Walkep. P1. XXVII. fig. 7.
hniocharis (part), Hmich-Schuf&r.
1. ERRUCA PERTYI=LBemOcharis Pertyi, H.-Sch. Aws. Schmett. i.
fig. 249.
Espiritu Santo (Higgins). B.M.
2. E ATERRIMA=Gymnelia atemma, Walker, hp. Het. suppl. i.
p. 85.
Ep (Bat&?). Type, B.M.
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