. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. PEOCRIDIA. PHAIJLOSIA. 355 Genus PEOCRIDIA, nov. Type, P. metalUca. Proboscis fully developecl; palpi minvite, fringed with hair ; antennae short and greatly dilated, with thick scales at middle ; hind tibise with the medial spurs absent, the terminal spurs minute. Fore wing narrow, the costa arched at middle ; veins 2. 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6. 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent; 10 absent; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. *
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. PEOCRIDIA. PHAIJLOSIA. 355 Genus PEOCRIDIA, nov. Type, P. metalUca. Proboscis fully developecl; palpi minvite, fringed with hair ; antennae short and greatly dilated, with thick scales at middle ; hind tibise with the medial spurs absent, the terminal spurs minute. Fore wing narrow, the costa arched at middle ; veins 2. 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6. 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent; 10 absent; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. *748. Procridia metallica. Odozana metallica, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 243 (1897). 5. Head and thorax golden metallic green, with some coppery scales ; abdo- men blue-green. Fore wing metallic golden green, the margins bluer; a large orange patch on terminal area. Hind wing fuscous with a bluish tina;e ; a ter-. Fig. 266.—Procridia metallica, 5. minal ill-defined yellow band narrowing to a point near tornus. Rah. Ecuador, Loja, type t $ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 24 millim. Genus PHAULOSIA, nov. Type, P. sordida. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, not reaching vertex of head ; antenna; of female ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; abdomen with the anal tuft large. Fore wing rather narrow; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 from well before angle; 4, 5 from angle ; 6. 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 absent; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 749. Phaulosia sordida. Eudoliche sordida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 55; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 300. $ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen grey. Fore wing white, irro- rated and suffused with reddish brown ; a daik point at lower angle of cell; the apical area without white suffusion, a ¥\' sordida, 2. \. blackish spot at apex. Hind wdng pale fuscous. The type is much rubbed
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