. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 78 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above an^'lf ; ft, 7 very ; 8 from near end of cell. ] Hi I. Archinola pyralidia. Archinola pifralidia, Hinpsn. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 259, pi. x. f. 23. (S . Grey stronfjly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing with slight blackish mark at base of costa; tlie tufts of scales near base and at middle and upper angle of cell very slight; an erect fuscous antemedial line : the ])ostnaedial line indistinct, curved from cos
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 78 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above an^'lf ; ft, 7 very ; 8 from near end of cell. ] Hi I. Archinola pyralidia. Archinola pifralidia, Hinpsn. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 259, pi. x. f. 23. (S . Grey stronfjly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing with slight blackish mark at base of costa; tlie tufts of scales near base and at middle and upper angle of cell very slight; an erect fuscous antemedial line : the ])ostnaedial line indistinct, curved from costa to vein 3, where it is retracted to below ¥'\Q. 2-1.—Archinola pyralidia, (S. ?. angle of cell. Hind wing paler brownish. Hah. Adex (2\urse), 1 S tj-pe. Ex^. 16 Genus MELALEUCIA, nov. Type, M. ohliquifafcinta. Proboscis well developed. Palpi oblique, projecting about the length of head, the 2nd joint roughly scaled above and below, the 3rd naked, acuminate; frons smooth; antennK of female sim))le, the b:i8al joint not tufted; tibiie with the spurs well devclojied. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9 stalked from before angle; 10 absent; 11 oblique. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4 absent; 5 from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 161. Melaleucia obliquifasciata. Kola obliquifasciata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 503 (189(5). $. Head white; palpi at sides and antennjB blackish; tegulae and patagia Avhite, the latter blackish at base; thorax and abdomen fuscous. Fore wing white, with blackish patch at base of costa edged with raised black scales ; an obliquo black-edged fuscous band irrorated Avith leaden scales from middle of costa to vein 1, somewhat constricted at middle and incurved at lower end, with a white spot on it at middle and a tuft of raised black scales at lower angle of cell ; an obscure irregularly sinuous subterminal line, with patches
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