Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
_Upper Side._ Antennæ setaceous. Thorax and abdomen grey. Anterior wings
light-coloured, almost grey, the middle having some dark spots on them,
and a few dark streaks near the tips. Posterior wings darker coloured,
without spots.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, and abdomen grey. Anterior wings coloured as
on the upper, immaculate. Posterior wings lighter-coloured than on the
upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
NOCTUA? HESIONE.
Plate XXII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. NOCTUA? _Auct._ (SUBGENUS: ----?)
NOCTUA? HESIONE. Alis anticis brunneis strigâ longitudinali subcostali
luteâ, fasciâque transversali dilutâ, strigis undulatis nigris
marginatis, angulis posticis productis; posticis fulvis margine latè
nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Hesione, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Thorax clay-coloured. Abdomen
reddish. Anterior wings reddish-brown, with two darker bands crossing
them; the anterior edges pale clay-coloured; a {31}small narrow
clay-coloured line rises near the posterior edges close to the shoulders,
and extends in a circular manner to the anterior edges: the lower corners
of these wings are remarkably prominent. Posterior wings deep yellow,
deeply bordered from the upper to the abdominal corners, with black.
_Under Side._ Palpi orange, remarkably long. Tongue spiral. Legs, breast
and abdomen clay-coloured. Anterior wings dark-brown as on the upper
side, the anterior edges yellow. Posterior wings paler yellow than on the
upper side, and the black border not so distinct. Margins of the wings
entire.
This insect is evidently the type of a distinct genus from any hitherto
described, especially distinguished by the lively colours of the wings, the
produced posterior angle of the anterior pair, and the form of the palpi.
ENDROMIS RHODOPE.
Plate XXII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Bombycidæ.
GENUS. ENDROMIS, _Ochs. Germar._ Dimorpha, _Hübn._ Phalæna (Bombyx),
(_Drury_.)
ENDROMIS RHODOPE. Alis albis pellucidis; strigis duabus undulatis
parallelis submarginalibus, maculisque nonnullis discoidalibus anticarum
virescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx) Rhodope, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated. Thorax and abdomen dark-brown, with
some faint whiteish marks. Wings transparent white, having two rows of
greenish crescents running along the external edges, the anterior wings
having some faint marks of the same kind in the middle also. The anterior
edges are of a yellow hue.
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