HALISIDOTA.— MICRODOTA. o< >7 



*1529J. Halisidota roseofasciata. (Plate LV. fig. 21.) 

 Automolis roseofasciata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xviii. p. 82 (1906). 



<S . Head and fcegulae rufous mixed with some yellow, the latter 

 with indistinct yellowish annulus ; antennae black except at base; 

 thorax pale yellow with orange-red band on metathorax ; pectus and 

 legs orange-red, the tibiae and tarsi red-brown, the latter slightly 



ringed with yellow; abdomen orange-red, the ventral surface 

 red-brown. Fore wing pale yellow shading to orange-red before 

 tennen which is dark red-brown, the costal edge red-brown ; a 

 broad diffused pale crimson medial band from middle of cell to 

 inner margin ; a crimson discoidal point. Hind wing orange- 

 yellow. 



Ilah. Peru, S. Domingo (Ockenden), type f cT in Coll. Joicey, 

 Exp. 3S millim. 



Genus MICRODOTA. 



Type. 

 Microdota, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1. p. 183 (1906) lenistriata] 



Proboscis rather slight; palpi extending about the length of heart ; antenna; 

 of male bipectinate with rather long branches to apex ; head and thorax 

 smoothly sealed; hind tibial' with one pair of spurs; abdomen smoothly 

 scaled. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



In key differs from Cyanarctia in the hind tibia; having the medial spurs 

 absent. 



*1531 a. Microdota lenistriata. 



Microdota lenistriata, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1. p. 183 (1906). 

 Tschnocampa pellncida, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 188, pi. 14. f. 35 (1910). 



c? . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown ; antennae 

 brown ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, thinly scaled, 

 thickly irrorated and striated with brown ; the veins irrorated 



Fig. 82. — Microdota lenistriata, q. ). 



with black ; a small black spot at lower angle of cell ; cilia 

 brownish. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow, thinly scaled. 



Sab. Venezuela, Valencia, typef o pelhicida in Coll. Roth- 

 schild: Paraguay, type t d in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 20 millim. 



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