. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ADDEXDA AND CORRIGEXDA. 509 vein ] ; orbicular a small round white spot: reniform an indistinct whitish spot at lower angle of cell; traces of a curved rufous medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, rufous with brown point atcosta, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to brown points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, rufous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of slight blackish striae. Hind wing white f
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ADDEXDA AND CORRIGEXDA. 509 vein ] ; orbicular a small round white spot: reniform an indistinct whitish spot at lower angle of cell; traces of a curved rufous medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, rufous with brown point atcosta, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to brown points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, rufous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of slight blackish striae. Hind wing white faintly tinged with rufous ; an indistinct curved postmedial line; cilia white; the underside pure white. Hab. Tunis, Kabili, 2 $. Exp. 36 millira. Type t in Coll. D. Lucas. Page 454. Genus PSEUDOPSEUSTIS, nov. Type, P. tellieri. Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely upturned, hardly reaching middle of Irons, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in iront ; irons smooth; eyes large, round; antenna; of male typically bipectinate with short fasciculate brandies, the apex serrate ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro-and nietathorax-with spreading crests; tibia; moderately fringed with hair; the 1st joint of fore tarsus with four long eurved claw-like spines on outer side; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of (iell; 6 from the areole ; 9 from 10 anastomcjsing with 8 to form the areolo ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; .'i obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. SpcT. I. Antennas of male bipectinate with short fasciculate branches, the apex serrate. *3296 c. Pseudopseustis tellieri. Taniocampa tellieri, D. Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 190. Head and thorax white tinged with flesh-colour; palpi at sides and antennae brow
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