. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. rOLIOSIA. CURYSOSCOTA. 109 201. Poliosia nigrifrons, n. sp. (Plate XX. fig. 24.) J. Grej'-wliite; palpi and frons deep black; legs tinged with fuscous. Fore -n-ing with the basal half of costal edge black. Hab. R. Niger, Sapele {F. W. 8amj^son), 2 tS, type. ^. 18 millim. *202. Poliosia fragilis. (Plate XXI. fig. 1.) Brunia fragilis, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1070 (1890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 333. S . Pale ochreous ; fore and mid legs tinged with fuscous. Hind wing pale j-ellow. Hah. Queensland, Brisbane {Lucas)
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. rOLIOSIA. CURYSOSCOTA. 109 201. Poliosia nigrifrons, n. sp. (Plate XX. fig. 24.) J. Grej'-wliite; palpi and frons deep black; legs tinged with fuscous. Fore -n-ing with the basal half of costal edge black. Hab. R. Niger, Sapele {F. W. 8amj^son), 2 tS, type. ^. 18 millim. *202. Poliosia fragilis. (Plate XXI. fig. 1.) Brunia fragilis, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1070 (1890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 333. S . Pale ochreous ; fore and mid legs tinged with fuscous. Hind wing pale j-ellow. Hah. Queensland, Brisbane {Lucas), in Coll. Me3-rick. Ea^}. 14 millim. Genus PHiEOPHLEBOSIA, nov. Type, P. fII re if era. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching as far as frons, which is clothed with rough hair; antennae oi' male with bristles and cilia; tibife with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 on a long stalk; o absent; (i, 7, 8, 9 stalked; 7 from beyond 9; 10 from cell; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4 coincident or on a very long stalk; 6, 7 coin- cident ; 8 from near end of cell. 203. Phaeophlebosia furcifera. Setinafiircifera, Wlk. ii. 520 (1854); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 340. Setina trif areata, Wlk. xxxi. 237 (1864). Orange-yellow; palpi at tips, antennae, vertex of head, and a stripe on tegulfe and thorax black ; legs striped with fuscous. Pore wing with rather broad black streaks on the veins. Hind wins with veins 2 to 7 more or less streaked with fuscous towards extremity. Fig. 50. Hah. Tasmania, 2 S tvpe ThcBophkhosia furcifera, S • \- and type <ri/«rc«/rt. Kvp. 26-28 millim. Genus CHRYSOSCOTA, nov. Type, C. auranfieeps. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching just beyond frons, the 2nd joint fringed with hair, the 3rd naked; frons rounded ; antenna; with bristles and cilia ; with the spurs moderate ; fore femora greatly dilated. Fore wing long and narr
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