. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 472 ;. Genus CARCINARCTIA., nov. Type, C. mefamelana. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect to just beyond tbe frons ; antennae of male bipectinate witb ratber long brancbes ; bead, tborax, and abdomen clotbed witb long woolly bair; fore tibia; sliort witb curved claw at extremity on inner side and sbort claw on outer, mid and bind tibia; witb tbe spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing witb 8 to I'orm tbe areole ; 11 free. Hind wing
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 472 ;. Genus CARCINARCTIA., nov. Type, C. mefamelana. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect to just beyond tbe frons ; antennae of male bipectinate witb ratber long brancbes ; bead, tborax, and abdomen clotbed witb long woolly bair; fore tibia; sliort witb curved claw at extremity on inner side and sbort claw on outer, mid and bind tibia; witb tbe spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing witb 8 to I'orm tbe areole ; 11 free. Hind wing witb veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; Ji from above angle ; 6, 7 sbortly stalked; 8 from before middle of cell. 2070. Carcinarctia metamelaena, n. sp. S. Head and thorax deep red-brown; palpi black; femora scarlet above, the tibiae and tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen orange, tinged with scarlet towards base, subdorsal series of black. Fig. 206.—Carcinarctia metamel(Bna, S. \. bands and lateral series of spots. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with black; obscure antemedial and medial black lines angled on median nervure ; a diffused discoidal luuule ; a postmedial line excurved between veins 5 and 3, and followed by a curved line with black spots on it above veins 5 and 1. Hind wing black; the base pale; the inner area with some scarlet hair; short scarlet streaks on veins 4-1 ; the terminal orange-red band with rather irregular inner edge. Underside of fore wing with the disk suffused with crimson. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Lari (Betton), 1 c? type, Kikuyu, Nairobi (CrawsJiay), 1 (S . Exp. 40 millim. Genus CYMBALOPHORA. Type. Tympanofhora, Laboulb. Ann. Soc. (4) iv. p. 704 (1864), ncc Wiiite, Ortb. (1841) pudica. Cymbalophora, Eamb. Cat. Lep. And. ii. p. 231 (1866) pudica. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, extending as far as the large frontal tuft; bead and tborax clothed witb woolly bair ; tibise smoothly scaled ; fore tibiae with long curved claw on inner side
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