. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. XTLOTYPE. HCJEOTYPE. 289 waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin ; a black streak in submedian fold between the ante- and postmedial lines with the ill-defined claviform above it; orbicular and reniform large, with. Fig. 84.âXylotype capax, ^. \, grey centres and whitish annuli incomplete!}' defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and angl


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. XTLOTYPE. HCJEOTYPE. 289 waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin ; a black streak in submedian fold between the ante- and postmedial lines with the ill-defined claviform above it; orbicular and reniform large, with. Fig. 84.âXylotype capax, ^. \, grey centres and whitish annuli incomplete!}' defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure, prominently defined by black below; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold almost to the antemedial line ; subterminal line whitish defined by black on outer side, bent out- wards between veins 7, 6, dentate at 4, 3, and strongly angled inwards in submedian fold where there is some black suffusion beyond it; the veins of terminal area streaked with black; a ter- minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Canada ; , Eastern and Middle States, New York, Centre ( W. W. Hill), 2 d , 3 $ type; Colorado. Exjp. 50-54 millim. Genus EUROTYPE, nov. Type, E. acuiissima. Proboscis fiiUy developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed â with long hair in front; frons smooth, rounded; eyes large; head and thorax roughly clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathoras with slight spreading crests, the teguU^ produced to a slight dorsal ridge ; pectus clothed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing broad, tri- angular ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tljeareole; 11 from c


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