. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 688 Genus PROLOBOSIA, nov. Type, P. schistacea. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to near vertex of head, slender ; frons smooth ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing with the costa lobed rather before middle, then somewhat excised, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell, the latter oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from to
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 688 Genus PROLOBOSIA, nov. Type, P. schistacea. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to near vertex of head, slender ; frons smooth ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing with the costa lobed rather before middle, then somewhat excised, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell, the latter oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked to near apex ; 8 from middle of cell ; male with a fold on upperside at middle of submedian fold containing tufts of hair. In key differs from Halone in the fore wing having vein 3 from well before angle of cell, 5 from angle, the costa lobed before middle. *802 b. Prolobosia schistacea. Procrimima schistacea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 221 (1913). <$. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown suffused with silvery" blue-grey. Fore wing uniform brown suffused with silvery blue-. Fig. 218.—Prolobosia schistacea, <$. \, grey. Hind wing pale brown suffused with silvery blue-grey, the hair in the fold below the cell grey and dark chocolate-brown. Hab. Peru, Carabaya, S. Domingo (Ockenden), tvpe f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 20 millim. Genus ASCAPTESYLE. Type. Ascaptesyle, Dyar, Pr. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 175(1905). submarginata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond the frons ; antennas of female cdiated ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10,11 from cell, 11 curved and approximated to 12. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 absent; 6, 7 coincident. In key differs from Lycomorphodes in the fore wing having vein 7 from 8 beyond 9, 11 not ana
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