. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 508 small, sliglitly defined by brown; orbicular and reniform large, with slight pale annuli defined by black, the former oblique ellip- tical, the latter somewhat produced at lower extremity ; a diffused curved dark medial line ; postmedial line blackish, double towards costa, then indistinctly dentate and produced to black points on the veins, slightl}" bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4. then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa : subterminal line with dark patch before it on costa, a
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 508 small, sliglitly defined by brown; orbicular and reniform large, with slight pale annuli defined by black, the former oblique ellip- tical, the latter somewhat produced at lower extremity ; a diffused curved dark medial line ; postmedial line blackish, double towards costa, then indistinctly dentate and produced to black points on the veins, slightl}" bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4. then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa : subterminal line with dark patch before it on costa, angled outwards at vein 7, then represented by slight pale marks on dentate dark marks ; a fine waved dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing brown with a greyish tinge; cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, curved minutely crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of lunules. Hah. Canaries, Teneriffe, type t $ in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 50 millim. Page 454. Genus PSEUDAMATHES, nov. Type, P. volloni. Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, hardly reaching as far as frons, whicii has a rounded prominence roughened in front and with triangular corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennas of female minutely serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and meta- thorax with spreading crests ; tibia; moderately fringed with hair, the fore tarsi with three long curved claw-like spines on each side of the first two joints; abdomen with some rough hair at base, but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the ternien evenly curved, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent fr<»n just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 3296 h. Pse
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