. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CRYPXOTHEIPA. 309 Genus CRYPTOTHRIPA, nov. Type, C. occulta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2iid joint reaching to vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long and somewhat dilated at extremity; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennae of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with large depressed crest; fore tibite broadly fringed with hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibite moderately fringed with hair; abd
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CRYPXOTHEIPA. 309 Genus CRYPTOTHRIPA, nov. Type, C. occulta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2iid joint reaching to vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long and somewhat dilated at extremity; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennae of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with large depressed crest; fore tibite broadly fringed with hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibite moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of cres^s. Fore wing with the apex I'onuded, the termen evenly curved and slightly erennlate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 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 line in Bubinedian fold occulta. B. Pore wing without black sti'eak beyond postmedial line in submediau fold polyhymnia. 6609. Cryptothripa occulta. Sdeim occulta, Swinh. 1835, p. 461, pi. 27. f. 11 ; Huipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 381. 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 along vein 1; antemedial line very indistinct, waved ; a tuft of blackish scales in. Fig. 108. — Cry2)tothripa occulta, J. f. middle of cell; reniform slightly defined by brown, round and with tuft of blackish scales in centre ; postmedial line brown, oblique from costa to vein 6, inwardly obli(]ue below vein 2, with a black streak from it to termen in submedian fold, dentate and defined on outer side
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