. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. DIPLOKXX.—CAECINOPODIA. 249 Genus DIPLOKYX, nov. Type, B. infumata. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, which is roughly scaled ; antennre of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; fore tibite short, with long curved claw on inner side at extremity and shorter claw on outer side; hind tibiae with the medial spurs absent; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa slightly arched; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from before angle, 5 from above angle; 9
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. DIPLOKXX.—CAECINOPODIA. 249 Genus DIPLOKYX, nov. Type, B. infumata. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, which is roughly scaled ; antennre of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; fore tibite short, with long curved claw on inner side at extremity and shorter claw on outer side; hind tibiae with the medial spurs absent; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa slightly arched; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from before angle, 5 from above angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to from the areole, 6 from the areole, 7 from before or beyond 9 ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 525. Diplonyx infumata, n. sp. c?. Head black ; palpi and sides of frons yellowish grej^ ; thorax black and grey; tegulae and patagia with yellowish edges ; legs black and yellowish grey ; abdomen yellowish, banded with black. Pore wing grey tinged with fuscous ; the costa black towards base; black spots at base and middle of cell, and two obliquely placed on discocellulars ; the margins and cilia Fig. 163.—Biplonyx inj'umata, S • \- Hind wing orange, the costal half suffused with deep fuscous and sometimes much of the inner area also; a discoidal black lunule. Underside of fore wing, except marginal areas, and costal area of hind wing fuscous. Hah. Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 2 c?, type. 34 millim. Genus CAECINOPODIA, nov. Type, C. furcifasciata. Proboscis present; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons, which has a large rounded prominence ; antennae of female ciliated ; fore tibiaj with large curved claw on inner side at extremity and small claw on outer ; mid and hind tibiee with the spurs short; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved a
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