Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Collaris, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax, abdomen, and wings blueish black, immaculate, except an oval white spot placed on the anterior ones, about a quarter of an inch from the tips.
Under Side. Palpi black. Tongue and neck yellow. Legs, breast, and abdomen grey. Anus yellow. Wings black, the anterior having a small white longitudinal streak near the shoulders, and the oval spot seen on the upper side. Posterior wings also fringed with white. Margins of the wings entire.
CALLIMORPHA CÆNEA.
Plate [XXI]. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Arctiidæ, Steph.
Genus. Callimorpha, Latr. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.
Callimorpha Cænea. Alis nigris, anticis fasciâ latâ transversâ, margineque antico posticarum flavescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna Noctua Cænea, Drury, App. vol. 3.