. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 06 KOCTUIDJi:. Genus MACAPTA. „ Type. MaJcapta, Scliaus, Pr. Nat. Mas. xxx. p. 99 (1906) carnescens. Kohlera, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 99 (1906) nebula. Proboscis fully developer! ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically long ; Irons smooth ; eyes large, romided ; tegulaj produced to a alight dorsal ridge ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax with very long oblique flattened crest, the nietathorax with slight crest; tibiaj moderately fringed
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 06 KOCTUIDJi:. Genus MACAPTA. „ Type. MaJcapta, Scliaus, Pr. Nat. Mas. xxx. p. 99 (1906) carnescens. Kohlera, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 99 (1906) nebula. Proboscis fully developer! ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically long ; Irons smooth ; eyes large, romided ; tegulaj produced to a alight dorsal ridge ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax with very long oblique flattened crest, the nietathorax with slight crest; tibiaj moderately fringed with hair; abdonieu with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not creuulate ; 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, from just below middle of disoocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Skct. I. Antennje of male bipectinate with rather long branches. A. Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint short. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line double hruma. b. Fore wing with the postmedial line single psectrocera. 4417. Macapta bruma. Kohleria bruma, Schaus, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 100 (1906). Head and thorax bright rufous, tlie scales tipped with white; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing greyish irrorated and sutfused with rufouSj the basal half and terminal area rather more rurous ; an indistinct rufous subbasal line from costa to submedian. Fig. 24.—Macajyta bruma, (J. fold ; antemcdial line double, incurved from costa to median nervure and excurved in subniedian interspace ; orbicular and reniform round, grey defined by rufous and with slight rufous centres; a diffused rufous medial line excurved from costa to median nervure, then oblique ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, slightljf incurved at disc
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