. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. DIPLONYS.—CAKCINOPODIA. 249 Genus DIPLONYX, nov. Type, D. infumafa. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrcct to just beyond frons, which is roughly scaled ; antennaj of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; fore tibiae short, with long curved claw on inner side at extremity and shorter claw on outer side; hind tibias witli the medial spurs absent; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the eosta slightly arched; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from before angle, 5 from above angle; 9 from 10 anastom
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. DIPLONYS.—CAKCINOPODIA. 249 Genus DIPLONYX, nov. Type, D. infumafa. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrcct to just beyond frons, which is roughly scaled ; antennaj of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; fore tibiae short, with long curved claw on inner side at extremity and shorter claw on outer side; hind tibias witli the medial spurs absent; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the eosta slightly arched; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from before angle, 5 from above angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to from the areole, 6 from the areole, 7 from before or beyond 9 ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle; G, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 525. Diplonyx infumata, n. sp. S. Head black ; palpi and sides of frons yellowish grey ; thorax black and grey; tegulae and patagia with yellov\ ish edges ; legs black and yellowish grey ; abdomen yellowish, banded with black, Fore wing grey tinged with fuscous ; the costa black towards base; black spots at base and middle of cell, and two obliquely jilaced on discocellulars ; the margins and cilia Fig. 1G3.—Diplonyx injicmata, ^. {. Hind wing orange, the costal half suffused with deep fuscous and sometimes much of the inner area also; a discoidal black lunule. Underside of fore wing, except marginal areas, and costal area of hind wing fuscous. Hah. Cape Colony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 2 S, type. 34 millim. Genus CARCINOPODIA, nov. Type, C. furcifasciata. Proboscis present; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons, which has a large rounded pr(jminence; antenna of female ciliated ;. fore tibia> with large curved claw on inner side at extremity and small claw on outer ; mid and hind tibite with the spurs short; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from b
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