MASSAGA. 



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8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before 

 iiniflo of cell ; o, 4 from angle ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocelhdard ; 

 (>, 7 from ujDpsr angle ; m de with a fringe of long hair on npparside in cell. 



A. Wings with the bands whitish. 



a. Wings, especially the hind wing, with the band broad 

 /). Winsrs with tiie band narrow 



maritona. 

 viresceiis. 



H. Wings with the band niotallic greenish monteirona, 



190. Massaga maritona. 



MaJisaga mariiona, Bntl. P. Z. S. ISiiS, ji. '224, pi. 17. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 33. 



J'. Head and tegulte ciimsou : 3rd joint of palpi, frontal 

 prominence, and antennae black ; fore coxie and femora crimson; 

 thorax and abdomen black shot with blue, the extremitj' of abdomen 

 and base of anal tuft chrome-yellow. Fore wing black shot with 

 brilliant blue, the veins streaked with metallic blue ; a moderately 



Fig. 283. — Massaga maritona, (^ . 



broad medial yellowish-white band narrowing towards costa which 

 it does not quite reach, its outer edge somewhat diffused. Hind 

 wing black shot with brilliant blue ; a broad yellowish-white 

 medial band with somewhat waved edges ending near tornus. 



5 . Abdomen with the whole anal tuft yellow ; fore wing with 

 the medial band bent inwards from median nervure to costa. 



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101. Massaga virescens. 



Mnssaga hesparia, Wlk. ii. 358 (18.">4), nee Cram. 



Nd.sscu/a vlrescens, Butl. Lep. Exot. p. 17;"), pi. 01. f. 15 (1874); Kirbv, 



Cat! Het. p. 33. 

 Massaga atigustifa.'icia, Roths. Nov. Zool. iii. j). 31 (1896). 



§ . Black, shot witli bronze-green ; head, tegula?, pectus in front, 

 fore coxa), and femora crimson. Fore wing w^th creamy-white 

 band just beyond the cell, bent inwards and narrowing towards 

 costa, which it does not quite reach. Hind wing with creamy- 

 white band just beyond the cell, slightly angled at vein 5 and 

 ending near tornus. 



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