Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Volume 4 (Paperback)

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. 1893 Excerpt: ...and abdomen brownish. Upperside: primaries rich maroon, crossed by a transverse basal and transverse median line of greenish purple, between which, at the end of the cell, there is a subpyriform spot of greenish purple, pupiled with blackish. The transverse median line fuses near its costal extremity with two broad greenish purple rays, the upper cne of which sweeps outwardly to the apex, which is accentuated by a triangular spot of the same color; the lower ray fuses near the outer margin with a greenish purple line, which extends along this margin about its middle. In addition, there are near the outer angle three submarginal greenish purple spots. The secondaries are greenish purple from the base two-thirds of the distance to the outer margin, which is heavily bordered with maroon. These wings are also crossed by a narrow, irregularly curved, transverse median line. Underside: primaries sooty, margined externally with bluish, and laved near the apex with bright ferruginous. The secondaries are ferruginous, with the costa marked with bluish black. Both primaries and secondaries are traversed by a narrow transverse median line. Expanse 34 mm. 5. P. obscnra sp. nov. Q71.--Antennae, front, thorax and abdomen pale ferruginous; lowerside of thorax and abdomen bright ochraceous. Upperside: primaries pale ferruginous profusely marked with brownish spots and striae. Secondaries, like the primaries, traversed by a broad, diffuse median band running from the costa across the end of the cell to the middle of the inner margin. Underside: bright ochraceous, clouded near the apex of the primaries and on the outer margin of the secondaries with brown; both wings traversed by an obscure purplish transverse line, which extends from the apex of the primaries to the middle ...