Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3

by Dru Drury

Habitat: Drury (incorrectly?) states that he received this insect both from Madras and Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings deep brown, nearly black; the anterior having a yellow band crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; and the posterior having a broad yellow streak on the anterior edges.

Under Side. Coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.

GEOMETRA (PÆCILOPHASIA) FULVATA.

Plate [XXI]. fig. 4.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Geometridæ, Steph.

Genus. Geometra, Steph. (Subgenus: Pæcilophasia? Steph.)

Geometra (Pæcilophasia) Fulvata. Alis fulvescentibus fasciâ latâ communi dilutiori, anticarum puncto subdiscoidali. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7 lin.)

Syn. Phalæna (Geometra) fulvata, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Habitat: Africa. "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).