Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
_Under Side._ Tongue not observed. Legs, breast, and abdomen greyish.
Anterior wings darker on this side than on the upper; the anterior edges
being white, and the dark streak at the lower corners very observable.
Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side, and having two
dark-coloured marks placed near the middle of the wings. Margins of the
wings entire.
GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS.
Plate XXI. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Lithosiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. GNOPHRIA? _Steph._ Lithosia p., _Fabr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS. Alis nigris, anticarum maculâ pone medium albâ,
collari sanguineo. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Collaris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax, abdomen, and wings
blueish black, immaculate, except an oval white spot placed on the
anterior ones, about a quarter of an inch from the tips.
_Under Side._ Palpi black. Tongue and neck yellow. Legs, breast, and
abdomen grey. Anus yellow. Wings black, the anterior having a small white
longitudinal streak near the shoulders, and the oval spot seen on the
upper side. Posterior wings also fringed with white. Margins of the wings
entire.
{29}CALLIMORPHA CÆNEA.
Plate XXI. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA, _Latr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA CÆNEA. Alis nigris, anticis fasciâ latâ transversâ,
margineque antico posticarum flavescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9
lin.)
SYN. Phalæna Noctua Cænea, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Drury (incorrectly?) states that he received this insect both
from Madras and Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_
MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen nearly
black. Wings deep brown, nearly black; the anterior having a yellow band
crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; and the
posterior having a broad yellow streak on the anterior edges.
_Under Side._ Coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
GEOMETRA (PÆCILOPHASIA) FULVATA.
Plate XXI. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Geometridæ, _Steph._
GENUS. GEOMETRA, _Steph._ (SUBGENUS: Pæcilophasia? _Steph._)
GEOMETRA (PÆCILOPHASIA) FULVATA. Alis fulvescentibus fasciâ latâ communi
dilutiori, anticarum puncto subdiscoidali. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Geometra) fulvata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Africa. "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
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