. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 530 ARCTIAD^. Genus CHAMAITA. ^^ Type. Chamaiia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 121 (1862). tncliofteroidcf,. Hovwpsyclie, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 226 (1882) trichopteroides. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect, clothed -with long hair; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair; antenna? ciliated, with tJie basal joint extremely long and clothed with long hair ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; wings sparsely clothed with hair. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched at base and f
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 530 ARCTIAD^. Genus CHAMAITA. ^^ Type. Chamaiia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 121 (1862). tncliofteroidcf,. Hovwpsyclie, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 226 (1882) trichopteroides. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect, clothed -with long hair; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair; antenna? ciliated, with tJie basal joint extremely long and clothed with long hair ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; wings sparsely clothed with hair. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched at base and fringed with hair, which is very long in male; vein 2 from" middle of cell; 3 from long before angle; .5 from far above angle; 6 from below upper angle, sinuous; 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent; 11 free ; male with a strong fold in cell containing fiocculent hair, the subcostal and median nervures approximated. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from long before angle; 6 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 10 absent in both sexes. 1137. Chamaita trichopteroides. Chamaita trichopteroides, Wlk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 122 (1862); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 365. â Homopsi/che nudarioides, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 226 (1882); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 365. Chamaita neuropteroides, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 125 (1894). White ; wings diaphanous. Fore wing with slight brown marks at base ; an antemedial series of small brown spots, the spot on. Fig. 383.âChamaita trichopteroides, (^ median nervure displaced outwards ; a medial series of brown marks oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then almost forming a waved line ; a curved subterminal series of points and a terminal series. Jlab. AssA5i, Margharita (DoJierti/), 1 $ . type f neuropteroides in Coll. Elwes ; BoENBO, Sarawak {Wallace), type t $ in Mus. Oxon. ; N. Guinea {Wallace)^ 1 S ; New Britain, 1 S, type nudarioides. Exp. 20 millim. Sect. II. Fore wing with vein
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