. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. xocrriDt. 4o~i>. Chainaeclea peruana. L'huiiclea peruana, Gvo{e, Papilio, i. p. 155 (1881); id. 111. Essay p. (iO, pi. 3, r. 27; Sinitb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1*71. Head and tliorax ochreous tin<i;cd in parts with fulvous, the ])alpi, sides of frous, and hasal joint of anternite ])inkish ; abdomen t'ulvous. Fore wing pale purplish pink to the postmedial line Avith deeper patches at base of costal area, on inner medial area, and before the postmedial line towards costa ; the antemedial line indistinct, stroMfrly angled outw
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. xocrriDt. 4o~i>. Chainaeclea peruana. L'huiiclea peruana, Gvo{e, Papilio, i. p. 155 (1881); id. 111. Essay p. (iO, pi. 3, r. 27; Sinitb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1*71. Head and tliorax ochreous tin<i;cd in parts with fulvous, the ])alpi, sides of frous, and hasal joint of anternite ])inkish ; abdomen t'ulvous. Fore wing pale purplish pink to the postmedial line Avith deeper patches at base of costal area, on inner medial area, and before the postmedial line towards costa ; the antemedial line indistinct, stroMfrly angled outwards in cell and submediau fold, then retracted; a slight olive discoidal bar; the postmedial line indistinct, very oblique from costa to vein 6, then slightly Avaved and ineurved in submedian interspace ; the terminal area ochreous with minutely. waved whitish subtermiiial line, angled inwards in submedian fold and with olive-yellow suttusion on its inner edge ; a fine terminal line; cilia whitish with a fine line through them. Hind wing whitish, tinged with brown towards termen, the veins brownisli. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with fuscous. Hah. , Arizona, Prescott, Id", 1 $ type. Exp. 26-28 millim. Genus ECTOLOPHA. Type. Ectolopha, lliupsn. Anu. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 382 (1902) viridescens. Proboscis aborted, ratber small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons aud moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect; frons with roughened rounded promineiice with slight corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round : antennie of male laminate and minutely serrate ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- jind iDetathorax with spreading crests, the patagia slightly turned up at extremities; tibiae moderately fringed with hair: abdomen with dorsal crest at l)ase only. Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, the termen oblique towards tornns where there is a scale-looth, and slightly crenulate ; reins 3 an
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