. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 88 , KOCTUID.'E. Genus MARATHYSSA. Tvpe. Marathi/i'S'a, Wlk. xxxiii. 1033 (180")) hasalis. MaroHinulHs. Grote, Trans. Am. Eiit. !?oc. iv. ]). 8*J (1872)... hamlis. Hckacama, iSi-liiuis, I'r. Nat. Mas. xy.\. p. 108 (l9Uti) ... aiigu^djJODiis. Proboscis fully (lovclojiril; jinljii obliquely iiptiiriiecl. tlie 2nd joint reacliing about to \ertex of lii-ad and scaled, tlie 3)d typiealh inoderate ; frons sniootli, with huge luft of scales; eyes large, round ; anteunaj with tuft oCscales on basal joi
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 88 , KOCTUID.'E. Genus MARATHYSSA. Tvpe. Marathi/i'S'a, Wlk. xxxiii. 1033 (180")) hasalis. MaroHinulHs. Grote, Trans. Am. Eiit. !?oc. iv. ]). 8*J (1872)... hamlis. Hckacama, iSi-liiuis, I'r. Nat. Mas. xy.\. p. 108 (l9Uti) ... aiigu^djJODiis. Proboscis fully (lovclojiril; jinljii obliquely iiptiiriiecl. tlie 2nd joint reacliing about to \ertex of lii-ad and scaled, tlie 3)d typiealh inoderate ; frons sniootli, with huge luft of scales; eyes large, round ; anteunaj with tuft oCscales on basal joint, of male typically bipectinate with rati:erlong branches, tlie ajjieal part ciliated; build slemiei-; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with speading crest, the inetathorax with paired crests; tibiJB slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal and terminal segments, the latter typically large, lateral tufts of hair and small paired anal tults. Fore wing narrow, tlie apex somewhat jirodiieed, tiie termen obliquely curTed and not crcnulate; veins 3 and o froin near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to i'orm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed Irom above angle; 0, 7 from upper angle; 8 una&to- iDOsing witli the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennte of male bipectinate with moderate branches to bey(>nd middle, tiic apex ciliated ; abdomen with the crests on terminal scgii'ieiits large. A. Paljii with the 3rd joint very lono;. 630(>. Marathyssa harmonica. Etdelia harmonica, Hmpsn. J. Eomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 453, pi A. f 4 (1897). 1 . 1 ⢠â S. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreons white mixed with dark brown; frontal tuft and the tuft on basal joint of antennae bhick-brown ; tegulae with pair of black spots at middle; tarsi brown with pale rings; ventral surface of abdomen âMairUh^ssakarinoju'ca, (j". |. Fore
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