. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MIMLEUCANIA. 285 Genus MIMLEUCANIA, nov. Type, M. 'perstriata. Proboscis iuUy developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ud joint reaching to about middle of Irons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; froas smooth with ridges of hair above and between antennas; eyes large, round; anteunje of male minutely serrate or laminate; thorax smoothly clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. MIMLEUCANIA. 285 Genus MIMLEUCANIA, nov. Type, M. 'perstriata. Proboscis iuUy developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ud joint reaching to about middle of Irons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; froas smooth with ridges of hair above and between antennas; eyes large, round; anteunje of male minutely serrate or laminate; thorax smoothly clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins W and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 froui 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discoeellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antennse of male minutely serrate. 3897. Mimleucania leucosoma. Hadena leucosoma, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 31 (1874). Biaiithoecia graminiculenB, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) ii. p. 295 (1878). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown ; palpi brown except at tips ; patagia slightly edged with black-brown ; front of pectus and legs brown, the tarsi slightly ringed with white ; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown. Eore wing reddish brown, the costal area white tinged with brown and tbe veins finely streaked with brown, the iamer margin whitish ; a large triangular white-defined antemedial mark in submedian inter- space, open towards base and partly defined by black streaks, a downcurved white streak below it above inner margin defined by. Fig. 81.—Mimleucania leucosoma, (^. \. black streaks above and below; an oblique white fascia in sub- median fold, from cell to postmedial line ; orbicular minute, round, white defined by black and with brown centre ; reniform oblique bar-shaped, with brownish centre and white annulus defined by bl
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