. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. -LEPIPOLTS. 143 black streaks interrupted by ochreous points beyond it in the interspaces, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; cilia ochreous inter- sected with black. Hind wing olive-brown, the terminal area slightly darker ; cilia pale ochreous, brown at base ; the underside greyish irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous. Hah. Argentixa, Mendoza^ Puenta del Inca, 2^,1^ type. Exp. 26 millim. Genus LEPIPOLYS. Leplpolys, Gueu. Noct. ii. p. 173 (1852) Type. 2)crscri2)(a. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obli
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. -LEPIPOLTS. 143 black streaks interrupted by ochreous points beyond it in the interspaces, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; cilia ochreous inter- sected with black. Hind wing olive-brown, the terminal area slightly darker ; cilia pale ochreous, brown at base ; the underside greyish irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous. Hah. Argentixa, Mendoza^ Puenta del Inca, 2^,1^ type. Exp. 26 millim. Genus LEPIPOLYS. Leplpolys, Gueu. Noct. ii. p. 173 (1852) Type. 2)crscri2)(a. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with long hair in front; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennse of male minutely serrate and fasciculate or ciliated ; head and thorax clothed entirely with large scales, the teguhe with slight dorsal ridge, tlie metatliorax with small crest; fore tibite very short and broad with long curved claw on inner side, short claw on outer and corneous plute between them; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apes rectangular, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3, o from near angle of cell; G from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing witli 8 to form the areole; II from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antenna; of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 2250. Lepipolys behrensi. Oiicocnemis behrensi, Grote, Bull. Euff. Soc. Xat. Sci. ii. p. 65 (1874); Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 160. c?. Head and thorax pale grey-brown irrorated with some large black scales ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brownish grey irrorated witli tuscous. Fore wing pale grey-brown sjiarsely irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strife from costa and cell; antemedial line double, minutely waved ; claviform faintly defined by a few black scales ; orbicular and. Fig. 45.—Lepipolys behr
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