. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 567 short, black. Food-plants, Lichens on Grewia blumei and Muscus. Cocoon sometimes covered with moss. Genus PADENODES, nov. Type, P. cuprizona. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, reaching to about middle of frons which is smooth ; antenna? of male ciliated ; tibia? with the spurs long. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 towards angle of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from the cell, free. Hind wing with t
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 567 short, black. Food-plants, Lichens on Grewia blumei and Muscus. Cocoon sometimes covered with moss. Genus PADENODES, nov. Type, P. cuprizona. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, reaching to about middle of frons which is smooth ; antenna? of male ciliated ; tibia? with the spurs long. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 towards angle of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from the cell, free. Hind wing with the costa highly arched at middle, then oblique ; veins 3, '4 strongly stalked ; 5 absent; 6, 7 strongly stalked ; 8 from middle of cell and downcurved, the subcostal nervure depressed towards end of cell; male with an elliptical patch of androconia on upper side at origin of vein 8. In key differs from Threnosia and Gampola in the fore wing having vein 11 not anastomosing with 12. 5±6 a. Padenodes cuprizona, n. sp. 3. Head and teguhe pure white; antennae and thorax golden cupreous; palpi, fore and mid legs rufous; pectus and ahdomen ochreous. Fore wing white ; the base golden cupreous; a golden cupreous hand just beyond middle, its inner edge slightly curved,. Fig. 158.— Padenodes cuprizona, <$. }. its outer edge excurved at discal fold ; the costa tinged with rufous towards apex; the termen narrowly and cilia rufous with a cupreous tinge. Hind wing pale ochreous 3rellow. Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Up. Setekwa K., Snow Mts. (3£eek), 1 <S type. Exp. 20 millim. *o±Gb. Padenodes unifascia. (Plate XXX. fig. 11.) Padenodesunifascia,Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 235 (1912). cS . Head, tegula?, base of patagia, and prothorax pure white, the rest of thorax golden brown ; antennae and palpi golden brown ; pectus and legs white tinged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pure white ; the base cupreous brown with oblique outer edge; an oblique cupreous brown medial band,
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