. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 120 AECTIAD^. Genus PHRYGANOPSIS. Type. Fhryganopsis, Feld. Eeie. Nov. p. 8 (1874), non clescr aspcratella. Proboscis aborted, minute or well dcTcloped; palpi short, porrect, not reaching beyond Irons; antennae of male serrate and ciliated, or with cilia and bristles; tibite with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with long hair. Fore wing short and rather broad, the costa arched towards apex ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5 absent; 6 fi-om before angle of cell or stalked
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 120 AECTIAD^. Genus PHRYGANOPSIS. Type. Fhryganopsis, Feld. Eeie. Nov. p. 8 (1874), non clescr aspcratella. Proboscis aborted, minute or well dcTcloped; palpi short, porrect, not reaching beyond Irons; antennae of male serrate and ciliated, or with cilia and bristles; tibite with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with long hair. Fore wing short and rather broad, the costa arched towards apex ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5 absent; 6 fi-om before angle of cell or stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wijig with vein 2 from before angle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. A. Fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa. a. Fore wing with the costal spot large costimacula. h. Fore wing with the costal spot small asperatella. B. Fore wing without costal spot. a. Colour orange-yellow , cinerella. b. Colour grey-brown ckota. 280. Phryganopsis costimacula. (Plate XXT. fig. 14.) Paidia costimacula, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 87 (1878); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 364. Suzusa decipiens, HoU. Psyche, vi. p. 411 (1893). 5. Orange-yellow. Fore wing with large postmedial black spot on costa and small spot in submedian fold. S. Thorax and fore wing browner; hind wing with the terminal area tinged with brown. Hab. Oi,v Ca'laba.'r (MutJierford), 1 $ ; E,. Niger, Asaba (Crosse), 1 5 ; BuLi: CoTJjSfTRy, type t decipiens in Coll. Holland ; Cameeoons, Adamawa ; Congo, type f $ in Coll. Mabille. Exp. 34 miilim. 231. Phryganopsis asperatella. Lithosia asperatella, Wlk. xxxi. 231 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 319. Fliryganopsis sordida, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 106. f. 30 (1874); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 319. cJ . Yellow-brown. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a postmedial black spot on costa and another in sub- median fold. Hind wing pale brownish yellow; , ^ - ^ -^ antennae with cilia and "'-"
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