. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. U6 KOCTUID^. Genus Type. Makajita, Sohaiis, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 99 (1906') cariirsceiis. Kohlcra, Scliaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 99 (IIKJG) nebula. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2iid joint reaching vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically long; Irons Bniooth ; eyes lart^e, rounded ; tegulsB produced to a slight dorsal ridge ; thorax clothed chielly with scales, the prothorax with very long oblique flattened crest, the nietalhorax with slight ; tibiaj moderately fringe
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. U6 KOCTUID^. Genus Type. Makajita, Sohaiis, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 99 (1906') cariirsceiis. Kohlcra, Scliaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 99 (IIKJG) nebula. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2iid joint reaching vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically long; Irons Bniooth ; eyes lart^e, rounded ; tegulsB produced to a slight dorsal ridge ; thorax clothed chielly with scales, the prothorax with very long oblique flattened crest, the nietalhorax with slight ; tibiaj moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex souiew'hat produced and acute, the terinen erenly curved and not creniilate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 frotn upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole: 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle «if cell; 5 obsolescent, from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches. A. Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint short. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line double Irnma. b. Fore wiug with the postmedial line single pscclrocera. 4417. Macapta bruma. KoMcria bruma, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 100 (1906). Head and thorax bright rufous, the scales tipped with wliifce; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. JFore wing greyish irrorated and suffused with rufous, the basal half and terminal area rather more rufous ; an indistinct rufous subbasal line from costa to submedian. Fig. 24.—Macapta bruma, (^. fold ; antemcdial line double, incurved from costa to median ncrviire and excurved in submedian interspace ; orbicular and reniform round, grey defined by rufous and with slight rufous centres; a diffused rufous medial lino excurved from costa to median nervure, then obli(]ue ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at
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