. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 290 ARCTIAD^. Genus UTRICULIFEHA. TJtrmdofera, HmjDsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 81 (1893) Type. juscapex. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frontal tuft; antennse of male ciliated; tibias Avith the spurs moderate. Fore wing short and rather broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base ; 3 and 5 from close to angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 free, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from near ano-le of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from ab
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 290 ARCTIAD^. Genus UTRICULIFEHA. TJtrmdofera, HmjDsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 81 (1893) Type. juscapex. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frontal tuft; antennse of male ciliated; tibias Avith the spurs moderate. Fore wing short and rather broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base ; 3 and 5 from close to angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 free, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from near ano-le of cell; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 stalked; 8 from towards end of cell. Sect. I. Antennte of male with a very large hoUowed-out vesicle at extremity of basal joint; abdomen with large lateral tufts of hair from 3rd segment; fore wing with a fold at base of inner margin containing tufts of hair. 610. Utriculifera fuscapex. Utricidoferafuscapex, Hrapsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 82, pi. 158. fF. 7, 17 (1893) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95. Grey-brown : abdomen fuscous, the lateral tufts of male and anal tuft paler ; the vesicle on antennae black; the frons ochreous. Pore wing with the basal area suffused with brown; the costal edge dark towards base: faint traces of a curved antemedial line ; two points on discocellulars; a triangular â p- oQg apical blackish patch extending to Utriculifera fuscapex, (^. h middle of termen. Hind wing (Frorn Moths Ind. vol. ii.) fuscous. Hab. Belgaum (Watson), 1 $ ; Ceylok, Nawalapittya (Green), 2 c? , 1 5 type; Louisiades, Eossel l.(Meel'), 1 d . Kvjo. 16 millim. Sect. II. Male with the antennae, abdomen, and fore-wing normal. 611. Utriculifera macroplaga, n. sp. ^ . Head and thorax yellowish white ; frons and abdomen above black. Fore wing yellowish white; subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial black points on costa ; a large fuscous postmedial patch from sub- costal nervure to inner mar- gin, its inner edge straight, its outer rounded ; some black points on costa towards apex
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