. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 218 NocTuiDJ^:. purplish grey, slightlj' waved, strongly dentate at veins 4, 3, 2 ; a series of purplish-grey lunules in interspaces of terminal area; cilia with a fine grey lino at base. Hind wing reddish broAvn with a deep red-hrown streak on vein 2, towards termen irrorated with a few grey scales ; a grey subterrainal line from vein 6 to termen at vein 1 ; cilia with fine whitish lines at base and near tips. Underside of both wings irrorated with purplish white especially beyond the curved subterminal line;
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 218 NocTuiDJ^:. purplish grey, slightlj' waved, strongly dentate at veins 4, 3, 2 ; a series of purplish-grey lunules in interspaces of terminal area; cilia with a fine grey lino at base. Hind wing reddish broAvn with a deep red-hrown streak on vein 2, towards termen irrorated with a few grey scales ; a grey subterrainal line from vein 6 to termen at vein 1 ; cilia with fine whitish lines at base and near tips. Underside of both wings irrorated with purplish white especially beyond the curved subterminal line; hind wing with traces of discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. One male and the female have the 3rd joint of palpi long and somewhat dilated at extremity, the other male has it short. Hah. W. China, Moupin : 8ikhim (Russell), 2 c5', 1 ? type. 62 millim. Genus (EDIPLEXIA, nov. Type, 0?. mesopkfsa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and frinsed with bain in Front, the 3rd short; frons with rounded prominence with slight ridge across it; eyes large, rounded; antennte of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with large spreading crests ; tibiae fringed with hair; abdomen with large dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; veins 3 and b from near angle of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 2995. (Ediplexia mesophsea, n. sp. (S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown, the hairs tipped with grey ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests reddish. Fore wing red-brown, the medial area suffused with dark brown except towards costa ; subbasal line represented b
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