. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. HIPAGOPTERA. MANTALA. 179 Geinis HYPAGOPTERA, nov. Type, H. rufeola. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, roughly scaled, not reaching beyond frons; antennae of male with short branches ending in a long bristle, serrate towards apex; tibiae with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing of male very narrow, the costa arched at middle, the apex rounded, the termen very short; vein 2 from near angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 on a very long stalk ; 5 absent; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 fr
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. HIPAGOPTERA. MANTALA. 179 Geinis HYPAGOPTERA, nov. Type, H. rufeola. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, roughly scaled, not reaching beyond frons; antennae of male with short branches ending in a long bristle, serrate towards apex; tibiae with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing of male very narrow, the costa arched at middle, the apex rounded, the termen very short; vein 2 from near angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 on a very long stalk ; 5 absent; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 from cell, curved ; 11 anastomosing with 12 ; a costal fold extending to beyond middle of wing. Hind wing very ample ; vein 2 from long before angle of cell; 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5 absent; G from just below upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 371. Hypagoptera rufeola, n. sp. J . Head and thorax red-brown ; fore tibiae and tarsi blackish; abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing bright fulvous brown; an. Fig. ^'b.—Hypagoptera rufeola, ^ • \> obscure diffused fuscous postmedial band angled at middle. Hind wing orange-yellow. 5 . Thorax and fore wing except the costal area tinged with purplish fuscous, no trace of the postmedial line. Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hutcliinson), 2 cS, type ; Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 2 d", 2 $ . Ecp. 32 millim. Genus MANTALA. Typo. Mantala, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 108 (1862) tineoides. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi ]3orrect, the 3rd joint long and extending about the length of head ; antennse of male with the basal half broad, flattened and serrate, with long bristles and cilia ; tibiaj with the spurs short; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing short and broad, the costa highly arched beyond middle, especially in male, which has a fringe of very long scales in terminal half of cell and on inner margin below; vein 2 from towards end of cell, oblique; 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 absent; 6 from below angle of cell; 7, 8
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