Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
Bombyx ornatrix, _Fab. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 480. _No._ 225. _Gmel.
Linn. S. N._ 2444. 110. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._ 5. 100. _No._ 258.
HABITAT: Antigua (_Drury_). America (_Linn. Fabr._).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, filiform. Head with a black frontal spot;
tongue spiral. Thorax flesh-coloured, with small black spots. Anterior
wings fine flesh-coloured; the anterior edges being bordered with
scarlet, except four small white places, in each of which is a small
black spot; near the base is a red cordate spot, with a small black one
above it; near the external margin is a row of small black spots; above
this is a row of red ones, nearly joining together, and nearly united to
the red border at the anterior edge, and above this is another row of
black ones. Posterior wings clear white, their external edges with large
angular spots of black, one of them running to the anterior edge.
_Under Side._ Anterior wings fine deep scarlet, but next the shoulders
white, as is the cilia, where, joining to it, is a row of very small
black spots; a little above this is a black irregular line, running from
the anterior edge to the lower angle; above this line is another,
shorter, reaching half way across the wings. Posterior wings clear white,
spotted with the same black angular spots, as on the upper side; the
anterior edges being of the same scarlet colour as the superior wings.
DEIOPEIA BELLA.
Plate XXIV. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Lithosiidæ.
GENUS. DEIOPEIA, _Stephens_. Euchelia. _Boisduval._ Eyprepia p. _Ochs_.
DEIOPEIA BELLA. Alis anticis albidis, fasciis sex punctorum nigrorum
fasciis fulvis divisis; posticis rubris apice nigris. (Expans. Alar. 1
unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Tinea) bella, _Linn. S. N._ 2. 884. _No._ 348. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. 479. _No._ 223. _Gmel. Linn. S. N._ 2447. 348. _Oliv. Enc.
Méth._ 5. 99. 256.
HABITAT: New York.
{47}_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and filiform. Head with a small black
spot between the antennæ. Thorax and abdomen white; on the former are
several small black spots. Anterior wings of a fine yellow, with several
white, narrow, irregular bars crossing them; having on each several small
black spots; cilia white, and above it is a row of small black spots that
almost joins it. Posterior wings faint scarlet, externally edged with a
narrow black border; cilia white.
_Under Side._ The anterior wings fine scarlet, inclining along the
anterior edge to yellow; where are several angular black spots, each
lengthening as it approaches the tips; along the external margin is a row
of small black spots. Posterior wings scarlet, edged with the same black
border as on the upper side; on the anterior edge are two white spots,
with black ones in their centres.
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