. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. CEDIPLEXIA. EUPLEXIA. 219 ochreous, defined on each side by red-brown scales, minutely waved. Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown, a small discoidal lunule and slight curved post- medial line; the underside with the costal area strongly irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal spot, ciirved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Kilima 'njaro {Hannington), 1 c? type. Exp. 34 millim. Genus EUPLEXIA. ype- Euplexia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Hai
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. CEDIPLEXIA. EUPLEXIA. 219 ochreous, defined on each side by red-brown scales, minutely waved. Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown, a small discoidal lunule and slight curved post- medial line; the underside with the costal area strongly irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal spot, ciirved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Kilima 'njaro {Hannington), 1 c? type. Exp. 34 millim. Genus EUPLEXIA. ype- Euplexia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. iii. p. 3 (1829) lucipara. Karana, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. lOB (1882) decorata. Yula, , Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 193 (1906) novcggidnece. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd sliort; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; anteniiaa of male typically ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the vertex of head with ridge of scales, the pro- and meta- thorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 3rd segment large, and lateral tufts of liair on terminal segments. Fore wing with the apex reoi-angular, the termen slightly waved ; 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 yems 3, 4 from angle of cell 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennse of female bipectinate with moderate branches. 2996. Euplexia catepliiodes, n. sp. 5 . Head and thorax black-brown slightly tinged with rufous and mixed with a few grey hairs ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown tinged with grey. Pore wing black-brown tinged with grey and mixed with some rufous ; subbasal line represented by slight black points below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinctly double,
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