. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. CA CLARIS. EKOCHA. 401 with series of white luuules before it. Hind wing yellowish wliite; a large fuscous discoidai lunula ; a pale red terminal baud from apex to vein 1, shading to brown on its inner edge which is irregularly waved, with oblique black spot on it at submediau fold where it is angled outwards to termen and small black spot at vein 1; a fine deep red terminal line; cilia white. Underside pale yellow ; fore wnng with the orbicular and reniform brown, the apical area suffused with red; hind wing with large dark di


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. CA CLARIS. EKOCHA. 401 with series of white luuules before it. Hind wing yellowish wliite; a large fuscous discoidai lunula ; a pale red terminal baud from apex to vein 1, shading to brown on its inner edge which is irregularly waved, with oblique black spot on it at submediau fold where it is angled outwards to termen and small black spot at vein 1; a fine deep red terminal line; cilia white. Underside pale yellow ; fore wnng with the orbicular and reniform brown, the apical area suffused with red; hind wing with large dark discoidai lunule and faint reddish terminal band. Hah. Bahamas, Nassau {kiir (J. Carter), 2 $ type. Kv/k ;50-40 millim. Genus EROCHA. Jype. Krocha, Wlk. ii. 818 (1864) ,nu,iunici. Lei(.soina. Feld. Eeis. Nov. p. 6 (187o), noii desci". uec Steph. Ool. 1831 ImcoteliK. Leoiddes, Druce, Biol. , Het. ii. p. 328 (1896) huciddus. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect to just beyond froiis. the lind joint moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short; Irons with rounded prominence with truncate conical process at centre witli raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennaj of male typically bipectinate with moderate branches, the apex serrate ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests; tibiaj moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal hairy crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form theareole; 11 from cell. Hmd wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with moderate branches lo apex- 4871. Eroclia dolens. Hcferocanrpa dolern^, Druce, A. M. N. II. (7) xiii. p. 248 (1904). c5', Head and thorax clothed with white, black, and oho


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