. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LEOCYMA. 661 Genus LEOCYMA. ^ Type. Leocyma, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 212 (1852) ajypollinis. TUgmm&a, Wlk. xxxiii. 979 (1865) ajjpollinis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, curved, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with ridge ot" hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests; fore tibiae of male typically with largely developed tufts of hair, the mid and Jiind tibiie moderately
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LEOCYMA. 661 Genus LEOCYMA. ^ Type. Leocyma, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 212 (1852) ajypollinis. TUgmm&a, Wlk. xxxiii. 979 (1865) ajjpollinis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, curved, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with ridge ot" hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests; fore tibiae of male typically with largely developed tufts of hair, the mid and Jiind tibiie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base, but without crests, fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8 shortly stalked; 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Fore tibias of male with greatly developed tufts of hair. A. Hind wing with the termen not suffused with brown towards apex appollinis. B. Hind wing with the termen suffused with brown irom apex to vein 2 vates. 7120. Leocyma appollinis. Leocyma appollinis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 212 (1852). Thiganusa euproctisoides, Wlk. xxxiii. 979 (1865). <S. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow, the last with traces of rufous dorsal segmental Hues ; palpi at sides, frons and a patch behind the eyes black ; fore and mid tibite and tarsi, the. Fig. 273.—Leocyma appollinis, cJ. \, spurs of hind tibite and the tarsi blackish. Fore wing yellow, a small antemedial black spot in submedian fold and a small discoidal spot. Hind wing orange-yellow. 2 . Fore wing without the antemedial black spot. Hob. Natal, Durban {Q^ieinzius, Burroivs, Gooch, Leigh), 4 (S, 2 5 type euproctisokles; Madagascab. Exp. 36-42 millim. Larva. Yellowish white with fine interrupted crimson do
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