. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ArOCALTlIxrA. nyPl'ECALYMN'IA, 185 line represented bj' an oblique l)lack striga from costa ; antemcdial line very oblique and black from costa to median nervure, then very indistinct, minntely dentate and inwardly oblique ; orbicular absent; reniform faintly defined by fuscous, somewhat constricted at middle ; medial line black and very oblique from costa to lower an,2:le of cell, then indistinct, diffused and inwardly oblique; post- medial line black and very oblique from costa to vein 6, then reduced to slight streaks and
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ArOCALTlIxrA. nyPl'ECALYMN'IA, 185 line represented bj' an oblique l)lack striga from costa ; antemcdial line very oblique and black from costa to median nervure, then very indistinct, minntely dentate and inwardly oblique ; orbicular absent; reniform faintly defined by fuscous, somewhat constricted at middle ; medial line black and very oblique from costa to lower an,2:le of cell, then indistinct, diffused and inwardly oblique; post- medial line black and very oblique from costa to vein 6, then reduced to slight streaks and dentate marks, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; a dark brown patch on postmedial part of costa with. Fig. 68.—Apocalyninia tcnebrosa, J. \. some pale points on costa ; subtcrminal line hardly traceable, minutely dentate, with diffused blackish streaks beyond it above and below vein 5 ; a series of minute black points just before termen ; cilia fuscous intersected with grey. Hind wing wliitish tinged with ochreous, the terminal area suffused with brown especially on the veins ; cilia brownish with fine pale line at base and whitish tips ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot. Hvl). Madras, Cuddapah, Horsleykouda (Camphell), 1 $ type. ). 30 millim. Genus HYPERCALYMNIA, nov. Type, H. metaxaniha. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, short, iiardly i-eaching to middle of frons and slightly fringed with hair in front; frons with rounded corneous prominence with raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennaj of male laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed with rough hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibite slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not creuulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to i'orm the ar
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