. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 314 :. Gcmis ACRAPEX. Type. Amijifjr, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 28(j (1804) prisra. AciUipenna, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 287 (1894) acuminata. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and niodenileiy fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short; frons suiooth ; eyes large, round ; antenna? of male typically ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales and withrmt crests; build slender; tit)ia> moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 314 :. Gcmis ACRAPEX. Type. Amijifjr, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 28(j (1804) prisra. AciUipenna, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 287 (1894) acuminata. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and niodenileiy fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short; frons suiooth ; eyes large, round ; antenna? of male typically ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales and withrmt crests; build slender; tit)ia> moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the terinen obliquely curved and not creindate; veins 3 and .") from near angle of cell ; '> from upper angle or areole ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areoi>- : 7 often from beyond the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 usually shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars or fri>m or from near lower angle of cell; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Anlennjc of male biserrate and fasciculate. 47l').3. Acrapex exanimis. Caradrina exanimis, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 153 (1899). Acrapex cxsauguis, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. xxvi. p. 655 (1902). Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brownish ochreous; palpi brown above ; antenna) ochreous : abdomen white tinged with â ochreous. Fore wing white tinged with reddish ochreous leaving tine white streaks on the veins ; a white fascia in discal fold from before middle of cell to termen ; a whitish fascia in submediau. Fig. 13(5.âAcrapex exanimis, ,£. \. fold ; a fine rufous terminal line ; cilia white with a faint brownish line at middle. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous. Bab. Qc'EENSLAND, Kiiranda (Dodd), 1 J , Brisbane {Turner), 2 c?, 2 5 , Mackay, type t 6 exsaufjuis in Coll. Lower ; Hawaii, Kona (FerJdns), 1 $ ty
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