. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. OKOSAGROTIS. MESEMBEEUXOA. 137 subbasal line from costa to submediau fold ; the autemedial line slightly detined by brown on inner side, slightly waved, oblique from costa to above inner margin, where it is strongly angled ; claviform defined by black; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and pale brown annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter narrow ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7, then very oblique, defined on outer side by pale brown emitting streaks defining the dar
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. OKOSAGROTIS. MESEMBEEUXOA. 137 subbasal line from costa to submediau fold ; the autemedial line slightly detined by brown on inner side, slightly waved, oblique from costa to above inner margin, where it is strongly angled ; claviform defined by black; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and pale brown annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter narrow ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7, then very oblique, defined on outer side by pale brown emitting streaks defining the dark veins to the sub- terminal line, which is pale, defined by dentate black marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine terminal dark line and line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale fuscous brown, the cilia white with brown line at base ; the under- side whitish, the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown, a slight discoidal point. Hah. Kashmir, Kardoug, 14,000 ft. {McArthur), 1 6 type. Eay. 30 millim. Genus MESEMBEEUXOA, nov. Type, M. cfiilcnsis. Proboscis rather slight; palpi witli tlie 2ncl joint oblique, extending about the length of bead and fringed -svith ]ong bair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect; frons with truncate conical prominence with flat vertical corneous process at middle; eyes round; antennie of male bipectinate with rather long branches to extremity ; head and tborax clothed with rough hair and scales ; tibise strongly spiiied. Fore wing with veins 'S and 5 from close to angle of cell ; B from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tbe areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 6 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked. 242. Mesembreuxoa chilensis, n. sp. Head and thorax red-browu mixed with white; abdomen red- brown. Fore wing reddish browm, with darker irroratiou forming a fascia above vein 1; the subbasal line double, black, filled in with whitish from costa to
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