. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 440 jS'OCTUIDyi:. faint dark ^^ostmedial line with whiter shade bej'ond it; a whitish line at base of cilia ; the vinderside whiter irrorated with brown, the postmedial line more distinct and rather diffused. â Hah. , Colorado {GocJcerell), 1 S â JEoci). 40 millim. Genus EOSPHOROPTERYX. Type. Eosplioropteryx, Dyar, Journ. Ent. Soc. x. p. 80 (1902)... thyatyroldcs. Proboscis fully deyeloped ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reai;hing to well above vertex of head and broadly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd long
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 440 jS'OCTUIDyi:. faint dark ^^ostmedial line with whiter shade bej'ond it; a whitish line at base of cilia ; the vinderside whiter irrorated with brown, the postmedial line more distinct and rather diffused. â Hah. , Colorado {GocJcerell), 1 S â JEoci). 40 millim. Genus EOSPHOROPTERYX. Type. Eosplioropteryx, Dyar, Journ. Ent. Soc. x. p. 80 (1902)... thyatyroldcs. Proboscis fully deyeloped ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reai;hing to well above vertex of head and broadly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd long ; frons smooth, witli tuft of hair; eyes large, round, slightly overhung by cilia; antenna; of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the meso- and metathorax with large divided crest ; tibia; slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with small basal crest and verj' large crest on 3rd segment. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terinen evenly curved and slightly crenu- late, the inner margin excised towards tornus which has a scale-tooth; 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 the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle; C, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 8269, Eosplioropteryx thyatyroides. Plusia thyatyroides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 337, pi. 11. f. 8 (1852); Ottolengui, J. Ent. Soc. x. pi. ix. f. 12 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 249. Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; frons with white bar above; antennae white towards base and with some black scales on basal joint above ; palpi rufous ; tegulse with black line at middle and. Fig. 112.âEosplioropteryx ihyatyroidcs, S ⢠t- white tips ; patagia with some black at shoulders and white line near base ; the dorsal crests bright rufous; j)ectus and legs white mixed with grey-brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; a
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