. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. OPSIGALEA. EMPTJSADA. 85 prominent black streak in submedian fold from near base to middle '• antemedial line very highl}- dentate, with a long hardly traceable tooth in cell and longer teeth in snbmedian interspace and above inner margin; the terminal part of median nervure streaked witli black ; the veins of medial part of terminal area streaked with black ;. Fig. 12.— Ojmgalea ocellata, cf. \. a large round subterminal black spot with white annulus above tornns defined on inner side by a curved black line; a fine black termi
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. OPSIGALEA. EMPTJSADA. 85 prominent black streak in submedian fold from near base to middle '• antemedial line very highl}- dentate, with a long hardly traceable tooth in cell and longer teeth in snbmedian interspace and above inner margin; the terminal part of median nervure streaked witli black ; the veins of medial part of terminal area streaked with black ;. Fig. 12.— Ojmgalea ocellata, cf. \. a large round subterminal black spot with white annulus above tornns defined on inner side by a curved black line; a fine black terminal line reduced to small spots towards apes. Hind wing semihyaline white. Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca (Salle), 1 c? type. Exp. 52 millim. Genus EMPUSADA, n. n. Type. Empusa, Hiibn. Verz. p. 247 (1827), nee. 111. Orth. 1798 lactea. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, rather short, fringed with hair on both sides; frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; antennas almost simple in both sexes, thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the tegulte produced behind into a slight hood ; metathorax and abdomen not crested ; the anal tuft long ; tibia' fringed with long hair on outer side. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex produced, the termen oblique, the inner margin lobed near base; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with silvery-white markings. a. Fore wing with the silvery-white extending to base. a^. Fore wing with silvery - white fascia from base through the cell to apex argyrina. h^. Fore wing with the silvery-white not extending beyond the cell argendna. h. Fore wing with the silvery-white not extending to base. a^. Fore wing with the silvery-white fasci
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