CALLIMORPHA? PYLOTIS. Alis atro-coeruleis, anticis fasciâ latâ mediâ
albâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx) Pylotis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._
5. 99. _No._ 255. _Fabr. Sp. Ins. No._ 263. _Syst. Ent._ 585.
Phalæna cribraria, _Clerck. Ins._ 54. _f._ 4.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and pectinated. Tongue orange-coloured, and
spiral. Head, thorax, and abdomen fine mazarine blue. Anterior wings dark
mazarine, having a single white bar running from the middle of the
anterior edge to the lower corner. A small part of the cilia at the tips
is white, the rest being of the same colour as the wings. Posterior wings
of the same colour as the superior, and immaculate, except the cilia,
which is entirely white.
_Under Side._ Palpi black. Neck white. Breast and sides mazarine. The
legs black and white. Abdomen orange, ringed with mazarine. Wings
coloured as on the upper side; but next the body of a finer and stronger
blue. The white part of the tips is also stronger and more distinct. The
margins of all the wings are entire.