. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CERAMIDIODES. 255 Genus CERAMIDIODES, nov. Type, C. mathani. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle of frons, the 3rd short; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate branches to three-fourths length, the apical part serrate; tibiae smoothly scaled, the spurs short; abdomen slightly constricted at 2nd segment. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen obliquely curved; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; (5 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9,
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CERAMIDIODES. 255 Genus CERAMIDIODES, nov. Type, C. mathani. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle of frons, the 3rd short; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate branches to three-fourths length, the apical part serrate; tibiae smoothly scaled, the spurs short; abdomen slightly constricted at 2nd segment. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen obliquely curved; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; (5 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell; male with a streak of androconia below middle of costa and fringe of long hair on inner margin below. Hind wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7 from well before angle and strongly curved upwards ; the costa highly arched and male with fringe of long hair from middle of costa above. In key differs from Em-pyretima in the fore wing having vein 10 stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; hind wing with vein 3 from the cell. *8S9 a. mathani. Ceramidia mathani, Roths. Nov. Zool. xis. p. 153 (1912). <3. Head, thorax, and base of abdomen black-brown with some metallic green scales; neck crimson at sides; frons white ; palpi white in front; coxae white ; the rest of abdomen black-brown with a golden cupreous gloss, lateral metallic green bars, and the ventral surface white except at extremity. Fore wing black-brown, some metallic green on costal area to beyond middle and along base. Fig. 36.—Ceramidiodes mathani, j^. \, of vein 1. Hind wing black-brown with the costal area white. Underside of fore wing with the area covered by the costal area of hind wing white, the streak of androconia ochreous white, the rest of wing suffused with metallic green except towards termen ; hind wing with the basal half suffused with metallic green to below the cell. Hah. Brazil, Amazons. Teffe (M, de Mathan),
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