. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. CKYI>XOTIIRIPA. 309 Geaiis CRYPTOTHRIPA, nov. Type, C. occulta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the iird very long and somewhat dilated at extremity; frous smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes hirge, round; antennae of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with large depressed crest; fore tibiie broadly friuged with hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibiai moderately fringe
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. CKYI>XOTIIRIPA. 309 Geaiis CRYPTOTHRIPA, nov. Type, C. occulta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the iird very long and somewhat dilated at extremity; frous smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes hirge, round; antennae of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with large depressed crest; fore tibiie broadly friuged with hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibiai moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of cresfs. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 'J from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with black streak beyond postmedial Hue in submediiin fold occulta. B. Pore wing wilhout black streak beyoud postmedial line in submedian fold polyhi/mnia. 6609. Cryptothripa occulta, Selepa occulta, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1835, p. 461, pi. 27. f. 11 Ind. ii. p. 381. Hmpsn. Moths Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi with the 2nd joint whitish with black streak at sides ; pectus whitish ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing reddish brown mixed with whitish and irrorated with a few black scales ; an oblique black streak from base of costa alon^ vein 1 ; antemedial line very indistinct, waved ; a tuft of blackisli scales in. Fig. 108.—Cri/j)tot/irqKi occulta, (^. \. middle of cell; reniform slightly defined by brown, round and with tuft of blackish scales in centre ; postmedial line brown, obli(jue from costa to vein 6, inwardly obliijue below vein 2, with a black streak from it to termen in submedian fold, dentate and defined
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