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Descriptions of new species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum

1910; Natural History Museum at Tring; Volume: 17; Linguagem: Inglês

10.5962/bhl.part.13690

0950-7655

Lionel Walter Rothschild Rothschild,

Plant Diversity and Evolution

1. Ecpantheria kennedyi spec.uov.o.Similar to m>is Obertb.but larger.Differ.s as follows : pectus black, not wbite ; legs deep steel-blue with si.K narrow whitish bands, not white with nine or tea black bauds ; palpi black, not wbite ; head pale grey, not white ; tegulae grey, not white ; two steel-blue lines start from a common point some distance from base forming a V on each tegula, not two widely separated ]iarallel lines starting from base ; j)atagia steel-blue with uiouse-grey borders, not greyish white with two parallel black lines; thorax grey with two steel-blue j)arallel bauds, not greyish-white with four hair lines.Abdomen, basal three segments and anal segment white, rest steel-blue.Forewing semihyaline white, basal one-third, inner area to vein 2 and costal area pale grey, not white; spots on costal and inner areas larger, grey, not white, with distinct much broader steel-blue borders, not hair-like black ones.Hiudwing white.Hah. Preto, Minas Geraes. 1 (J.~. Ecpantheria mus brasiliensis subspec.uov.