. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 356 AECXIAD^. Genus XANTHOLOPHA, nov. Type, X. ptirpurasccns. Proboscis fiilly developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching vertex of head'; antenna of male bipectinate, with moderate branches ending in a bristle ; tibioj with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4, b stro
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 356 AECXIAD^. Genus XANTHOLOPHA, nov. Type, X. ptirpurasccns. Proboscis fiilly developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching vertex of head'; antenna of male bipectinate, with moderate branches ending in a bristle ; tibioj with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, 4, b strongly stalked ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. rSO, Xantholopha piirpurascens. Xantholopha jpurpurascens, Schaus, J. Fig. 268.—Xantholopha purpurascens, ^. \. Eccp. 28 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus, Ent. Soc. vii. p. 216 (1899). S. ilead, thorax, and fore wing black with a purplish tinge ; palpi ex- cept at tips, tegulae, and throat orange ; abdomen and hind wing black; the base of claspers orange. Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia {Jones), 1 S. Genus PREPIELLA, nov. Type, P. hippona. Proboscis fuUy developed; palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond frons or obliquely upturned ; antennae ciliated or jjectinated ; tibia? with the spurs moderate. Fore wing short and broad, the termen obliquely rounded ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 from before angle ; 5 from above angle; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10,11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 4 coincident or stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident; male with the tornus lobed, the termen dilated from vein 5 to submedian fold. A. Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long hair from 3rd segment. 751. Prepiella hippona. Odozana hippona, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 125 pi 12 f 15 (1885). S. Head, thorax, and fore wing dark brown, suffused with purple
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