. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. METALEPSIS. EUCOriOCNEMIS. 4G3 with lilacine grey ; the subbasal line represented by a black striga on costa and slight streaks on median nervure and in submedian fold ; the antemedial line grey defined by brown on outer side, with black striga at costa, angled slightly outwards below costa and inwards in. cell, then excurved to vein 1 where it is angled strongly outwards; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform irrorated with white, with whitish annuli defined by blackish, the former elongate and confluent with the renifor
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. METALEPSIS. EUCOriOCNEMIS. 4G3 with lilacine grey ; the subbasal line represented by a black striga on costa and slight streaks on median nervure and in submedian fold ; the antemedial line grey defined by brown on outer side, with black striga at costa, angled slightly outwards below costa and inwards in. cell, then excurved to vein 1 where it is angled strongly outwards; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform irrorated with white, with whitish annuli defined by blackish, the former elongate and confluent with the reniform ; the postmedial line grey defined by brown, minutely waved, with two black strigaj at costa,. Fig. 79.—Metalepsis cornufa, S. \. bent strongly outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line defined by brown on inner side and by an oblique black bar at costa, with black point and short streak below it, then by fuscous streaks on the veins, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale purplish suffused with fuscous, with obscure dis- coidal spot and diffused postmedial band ; the underside purplish red irrorated with white and fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and curved minutely waved postmedial line. Hah. , California, 1 S type. Exp. 32 millim. Genus EUCOPTOCNEMIS. Type. Eucopfocnemis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 13 (1874), non descr Jimb-riaris. Proboscis rather aborted, small; paljii upturned to about vertex of head, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd moderate; frona smooth; eyes large, rounded ; antennai of male bipectinate with long branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with long hair; fore tibice short and broad, with long curved claw on inner side and short claw on outer, spined at sides; mid and hind tibiaj strongly spined. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; T) from up]ier angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
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