. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. HTPOMECIA.—COPIPHANA. dSh cell, with some black scales on its inner edge ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line represented by a series of slight white streaks with obscure dentate blackish marks before them, defined on inner side bj^ an oblique white band from vein 4 to inner margin ; cilia chequered brown and \Ahite. Hind wing. Pig. 10.—Ht/jiomecia qiiadrivirgida, (^. \. white with fine brown terminal line; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. HTPOMECIA.—COPIPHANA. dSh cell, with some black scales on its inner edge ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line represented by a series of slight white streaks with obscure dentate blackish marks before them, defined on inner side bj^ an oblique white band from vein 4 to inner margin ; cilia chequered brown and \Ahite. Hind wing. Pig. 10.—Ht/jiomecia qiiadrivirgida, (^. \. white with fine brown terminal line; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule. Hab. Algeria ; Palestine, 1 c? . -E'ap. 34 millim. Genus COPIPHANA, nov. Type, C. olivina. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with long hair in front; frons with large corneous prominence with raised rim and central process hollowed out in front; eyes large, rounded ; antennje of male bipecti- nate or with small laminate serrations ; bead and thorax clothed with long rough hair only, the vertex of head with crest of hair, shoulders with crests pro- and metathorax with double crests, patagia with curled-up tufts at extremity ; pectus and tibite clothed M'ith long hair ; fore tibia with curved claw on inner side at extremity; abdomen with some rough hair at base, large crest on 2nd segment typically present, and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the costa somewhat concave, the termen evenly curved ; veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, or abnormally 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of diseocellulars; 6, 7 from vipper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with moderate branches decreasing ta base and apex; abdomen without dorsal crest. 2190. Copiphana gassana. Cleopliana gassana, Bang-Haas, ined. Head and thorax wh
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