. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. COriFEOXTIA. EJIBOLCECIA, 59 thorax with purplish-pink patches, the scales tipped with white; pectus and legs pale ochreous, the pectus and fore tibiae pink in front; abdomen deep ochreous, the ventral surface pale ochreous. Pore wing bright yellow, the costal edge whitish ; the basal area purplish pink, the scales tipped with white and with some j'ellow at base of cell and on inner margin, the outer edge of the area oblique and sinuous from costa to just below median nervure, then. Fig. jl). — Cupifroiitia xanthcrijiltra, (^
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. COriFEOXTIA. EJIBOLCECIA, 59 thorax with purplish-pink patches, the scales tipped with white; pectus and legs pale ochreous, the pectus and fore tibiae pink in front; abdomen deep ochreous, the ventral surface pale ochreous. Pore wing bright yellow, the costal edge whitish ; the basal area purplish pink, the scales tipped with white and with some j'ellow at base of cell and on inner margin, the outer edge of the area oblique and sinuous from costa to just below median nervure, then. Fig. jl). — Cupifroiitia xanthcrijiltra, (^ inwardly oblique and incurved at vein 1, a series of small pink spots beyond it with a curved mark beyond them at vein 1; orbicular defined by pink, round, conjoined to a large pink patch which extends obliquely from just below costa to the postmedial line beyond lower angle of cell and thence below the cell to below orbicular ; a large yellow postmedial patch from costa to vein 5 with five small pinkish spots on it, the postmedial yellow line arising from its lower edge and obliquely incurved to the yellow jiatch on middle of inner area where it is only defined by small pinkish spots before and beyond it; terminal area purplish pink with a yellow patch at apex with slight oblique waved subterminal line from it to inner margin ; cilia brownish with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white, the inner area clothed with yellow hair. Hah. Mashonaland {Dohhie), 1 S type. Exi). 46 millim. Genus EMBOLOECIA, nov. Type, E. sau~alita'. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturiierl, tbe 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons with vertical flattened corneous process with rounded edge in front; eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and Lair-like scales (much rubbed, ? tegulre produced to a slight dorsal ridge, prothorax with hmg oblique flattened crest, met
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