Barsinella mirabilis Butler, 1878

Butler, A.G. (1878). Description of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites,
in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological
Society of London 1878: p. 385, with woodcut.

12. Barsinella mirabilis, n. sp.

Primaries bright cadmium yellow, two black spots at the base, a <-shaped
marking near the base, two irregular parallel central lines, and a discal
series of dots black, a G-shaped marking at the end of the cell and the outer
margin carmine, fringe golden yellow; secondaries rose-red; head and thorax
cadmium-yellow, a black spot on each shoulder; abdomen whitish: primaries
below yellow, the basal half of costal border and a discal series of dots
black; secondaries paler than above; body ochraceous. Expanse 7 lines.
Espiritu Santo.

Hampson, G.F. (1900). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum, vol. 2: Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae): p. 384,
fig. 297.

820. Barsinella mirabilis.
Barsinella mirabilis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 385; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 308.

Male. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange; antennae black except at base; black
points on shoulders and just behind tegulae; fore and mid tibiae banded with
black and the extremity of tarsi black. Fore wing orange; two black points at
base, a tridentate antemedial line from subcostal nervure to inner margin
almost interrupted in places and followed by a fine irregularly sinuous
line; a curved crimson discoidal line with tail from its lower extremity; a
fine black postmedial line, dentate from below costa to vein 2, ending near
tornus and followed by a curved series of black points; a reddish terminal
line; cilia golden yellow, black at tornus. Hind wing crimson, the costa
yellowish. Underside of fore wing with the basal half of costal fold deep
black.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 male type. Exp. 16 millim.

Draudt, M. (1918). Lithosiinae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of
the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges: p. 251.

B. mirabilis Btlr. (= expandens Rothsch.). Body and forewings orange-yellow;
the latter with 4 black, strongly dentate, transverse lines being broken up
into dots before the margin; 1 long discal streak and a line before the
fringes are carmine like the hindwings. Expanse of wings: 16 mm. Brazil.