. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 12.—-Microhlemvia diacijnmcfa, 5 • f • striae. Hind wing fuscous brown mixed with some greyish ; the underside greyish tinged with olive, a dark discoidal point, indistinct curved postmedial line, and terminal series of striae. Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby-Tyler), 1 5 type. Exp. 14 millim. Genus PROROBLEMMA, nov. Type, P. stictopferis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2iicl joiut reaching about to vertex of head and fringed with long hair above towards extremity. the ;3rd short, porrect; frons
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. Fig. 12.—-Microhlemvia diacijnmcfa, 5 • f • striae. Hind wing fuscous brown mixed with some greyish ; the underside greyish tinged with olive, a dark discoidal point, indistinct curved postmedial line, and terminal series of striae. Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby-Tyler), 1 5 type. Exp. 14 millim. Genus PROROBLEMMA, nov. Type, P. stictopferis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2iicl joiut reaching about to vertex of head and fringed with long hair above towards extremity. the ;3rd short, porrect; frons smooth; eyes large, round; anlennaj of female ciliated; thorax clothed almoet entirely with scales and without crests; tibia? slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, tlie termen very obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins ,3 and .5 from neai- angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of ceil; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle. 5024. ProroWemma stictopteris. Acidalia stk/opteris, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 339. 2 . Head and thorax pale purplish with a few black scales ; abdomen browner. Fore wing pale purple irrorated with a few raised black scales, the postmedial area rather redder except. Fig. 13.—Prorohlemma sfiefoptoris. 9 • towards costa; a black point in middle of ccdl; postmedial line fuscous, oblique from costa to vein 6, strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, oblique and downcurved from costa to vein 7 where it is angled, then minutely waved ; a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoolog
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