Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with
white. Anterior wings black, the tips edged with white; two pale
lemon-coloured spots are situated in the centre of the wings, one being
long, the other round; between which and the tips is a long lemon streak,
extending from the anterior almost to the external edges; a large patch
of a dull red is also placed on the hinder part of the wings, extending
along the posterior edges from the shoulders almost to the lower corners.
Posterior {40}wings dull red-coloured, bordered with black, whereon are
seven small white spots placed along the external edges, and reaching
from the upper to the abdominal corners. All the wings are dentated.
_Under Side._ Palpi yellow. Breast white. Legs brown. Thighs white.
Anterior wings marked as on the upper side, but the colours are much
duller. Posterior wings dirty red, bordered with black, whereon are eight
white spots, larger than those on the upper side; the colours of the
whole being much duller and fainter than on that side.
PLATE XXII.
[Illustration]
ALCIS SCOLOPACEA.
Plate XXII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Geometridæ, _Steph._
GENUS. ALCIS, _Curtis_. Boarmia, _Treit._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
ALCIS SCOLOPACEA. Alis dentatis griseis, fusco atomosis, strigisque
dentatis et undulatis communibus albidis et fuscis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.
5 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Scolopacea, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ filiform. Thorax, abdomen, and wings brownish grey;
the latter varied with dark indented brown streaks and lines, contrasted
with white and ash colour, crossing them from the anterior to the
posterior and abdominal edges.
_Under Side._ Legs, sides, abdomen, and wings yellow wainscot-coloured.
About half the anterior ones, from the tips towards the shoulders, are
marked with faint dark brown lines and streaks. Posterior wings having a
faintish dark brown cloud, situated near the upper corners. All the wings
are deeply dentated.
CALLIMORPHA? MARGINATA.
Plate XXII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ Phalæna (Bombyx), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA? MARGINATA. Alis anticis fusco-nigris, margine antico baseos
luteo, posticis atris basi maculâ discoidali, punctisque marginalibus,
coerulescenti albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 5 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx) marginata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
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