. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. IIEL10STA.—MECALOBOSIA. 587 Fore wing orange; the costal edge black to the black medial band which is slightly excurved in cell; a subterminal band from costa before apex to tornus, its outer edge angled outwards below costa. Fig. —Heliosia cliaropa, £ and its inner inwards in discal fold ; cilia black. Hind wing orange, the terminal third black, the outer edge of orange area excurved at middle; a slight orange apical spot. Hob. Queensland, Townsville, type f cS in Coll. Turner. Exp. 22 millim. Genus MEGALOEOSIA, nov. Ty
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. IIEL10STA.—MECALOBOSIA. 587 Fore wing orange; the costal edge black to the black medial band which is slightly excurved in cell; a subterminal band from costa before apex to tornus, its outer edge angled outwards below costa. Fig. —Heliosia cliaropa, £ and its inner inwards in discal fold ; cilia black. Hind wing orange, the terminal third black, the outer edge of orange area excurved at middle; a slight orange apical spot. Hob. Queensland, Townsville, type f cS in Coll. Turner. Exp. 22 millim. Genus MEGALOEOSIA, nov. Type, M. recurviloba. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, reaching' to about middle of frons; antennas of male ciliated; tibiaj with the spurs long. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, the inner margin arched near base then somewhat excised to tornus, the costa of male with very large lobe recurved over upperside to near inner margin and extending from near base to well beyond middle, and a patch of androconia on underside at lower angle of cell; the cell short; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle; 5 absent; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell ; 12 curved up to the lobe. Hind wing ample, the costa arched, then excised at apex; vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from middle of cell and bent downwards towards extremity. In key differs from Stenoscaptia in the hind wing having veins 3, 4 stalked. *579y. Megalobosia recurviloba. Garudinodes recurviloba, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 232 (1912), c$. 6 • Head, teguke, and prothorax yellowish white, the palpi,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Hampso
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