List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum Volume 1, - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...whole length, almost joining the first inferior veinlet. Dorsal stripe of theabdo men and hind borders of the segments gray. Legs moderately stout; fore tibiae slightly dentated beneath; middle and apical spurs of the hind tibia small. Male. Wings darker gray towards the tips. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. o--d. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. e. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. f, 9-? 6. Glaucopis Afflicta. Atra; caput cyaneo varium; antenna maris late pectinata, famina subpectinata; thorax ochraceo-hirtus; abdomen vitta cinerea dorsali; ala cinereo-hyalina, nigro marginata, antica basi cyaneo notaUe. Male and female. Deep black. Head partly blue above. Palpi long; third joint less than half the lengch of the second. Antennae of the male deeply, of the female slightly, pectinated. Thorax clothed with orange-tawny hairs. Wings grayish hyaline, with blackish borders. Fore wings marked with blue at the base; transverse veinlets of the discal areolet forming an almost right angle; discal fold distinct towards the tip of the discal areolet and beyond where it approaches very near the first inferior reinlet. Abdomen with a dark gray dorsal stripe. Legs moderately stout; fore tibia dentate beneath; spurs of the hind tibiae short. Male. Fore wings blackish towards the base. Abdomen linear. Fem. Fore wings black at the base. Abdomen subfusiform. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. a--c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 7. Glaucopis Notabilis. Mas. Nigra; caput albo fasciatum; antenna pectinata; thorax ochraceo-hirtus, antice albido bimaculatus; pectus albo vittatum; abdomen subtus album; ala antica sat late cinereohyalina nigro marginata; postica minima, fusca, nigro marginata. Male. Head white about the eyes and with a wh...
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