. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. GONOSPILEIA.—MEGISTOCLISMA. 55 vein 6 and excurved below vein 3, the area beyond it yellowish below vem 6, where it is joined by some yellowish from apex Hmd wmg yellow tinged with rufous ; a brown subterminal shade excurved at discal fold and ending at torims ; the termen and cilia rufous. Underside of both wings yellow suftised with Fig. 13.—Gonospileia munita, (J. \. Ab. 1. immimita. Fore wing with the markings ahuost obso- lete, without the triangular chocolate-brown patch before the antemedial line or the chocol
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. GONOSPILEIA.—MEGISTOCLISMA. 55 vein 6 and excurved below vein 3, the area beyond it yellowish below vem 6, where it is joined by some yellowish from apex Hmd wmg yellow tinged with rufous ; a brown subterminal shade excurved at discal fold and ending at torims ; the termen and cilia rufous. Underside of both wings yellow suftised with Fig. 13.—Gonospileia munita, (J. \. Ab. 1. immimita. Fore wing with the markings ahuost obso- lete, without the triangular chocolate-brown patch before the antemedial line or the chocolate-brown before the postmedial line. Ab. 2. Similar but both wings grey-brown tinged with red- bi'own. Ab. 3. Wings grey-brown without red-brown tinge; fore wing with the black markings present. Hah. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller, Frey, D'Emmich, Leech and Crowley Colls.; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, Buchara, Ferghana; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 32-40 millim. Genus MEGISTOCLISMA, nov. Type, M. ribbei. Proboscis fully developed; palpi with the 2iid joint obliquely upturned, reaching to above vertex of head and fringed with hair in front and behind, the 3rd porrect, long, slender, and somewhat dilated at extremity; frons smooth, with slight tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennse of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, and without crests; fore tibite and 1st joint of tarsus of male fringed with long hair, the mid and hind tibite smoothly scaled, the fore and hind tibice not spined; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen evenly curved and strongly crenulate; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen highly crenulate; the cell about one-third length of wing; vein 3 from just before angle; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper an
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