. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 1S2 :. (uMius CHALCOECIA, nov. Typo, C. n/irssa. I'roboPfis fully developed ; palpi obliqiielj- iipturued, the 2nd joint not roaehiiig middle of fions and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short; frons with slight rounded prominence with slight transverse ridge at middle and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennas of male ciliated; thorax clothed uhuost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent crest; tibiiB moderately fringed with liair ; abdomen with
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 1S2 :. (uMius CHALCOECIA, nov. Typo, C. n/irssa. I'roboPfis fully developed ; palpi obliqiielj- iipturued, the 2nd joint not roaehiiig middle of fions and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short; frons with slight rounded prominence with slight transverse ridge at middle and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennas of male ciliated; thorax clothed uhuost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent crest; tibiiB moderately fringed with liair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on 1st two segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terinen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and n from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute areole ; 11 from coll. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from well below middle of discocellulai's; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 4537. Chalcoecia emessa. Ant/xecia emessa, Druce, Biol. , Ilet. i. p. 300, pi. 28. f. 4 (1889). S. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish suffused with rufous, the metathoracic crest ^Jurplish rufous, the abdominal crests bright ruCous. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas grey with purple, the basal halt of medial area and postmedial area olive tinged with cupreous, the outer half of medial area grey-white: antemedial line dark brown, curved ; postmedial line red-brown,. Fig. G5.—Chalcoecia eiiicssa, (^. \. oxcnrved from costa to vein 4, then oblique and bent outwards to inner margin; cilia white tinged with olive. Hind wing whitish .suffused with fuscous brown, on terminal half; cilia brownish at base, whitish at tips. Hah. Guatemala, Pantaleon {Champion), 1 S type, Godman- Salvin Coll. Exjy. 36 millim. Genus CHEYSOECIA. Type, C. scira. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely iiplurned, the 2nd joint not reaching middle of fr
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