. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. EDPLEXIDIA. CHECrPA. Ill Fore wJDg pale rufous suffused in parts with violaceous, sparsely irrorated with black, the costal area irrorated with pale yellow ; subbasal line represented by black stride from costa and cell defined by yellowish on outer side; antemedial line with black striga from costa, then indistinct, diffused, interrupted, oblique to above inner margin where it is angled outwards; claviform large, strongly defined by black and Avith black streak from its lower extremity to a blaclv luniile belo
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. EDPLEXIDIA. CHECrPA. Ill Fore wJDg pale rufous suffused in parts with violaceous, sparsely irrorated with black, the costal area irrorated with pale yellow ; subbasal line represented by black stride from costa and cell defined by yellowish on outer side; antemedial line with black striga from costa, then indistinct, diffused, interrupted, oblique to above inner margin where it is angled outwards; claviform large, strongly defined by black and Avith black streak from its lower extremity to a blaclv luniile below angle of cell; orbicular represented by a black line on its outer edge connected with the costa by a bar; reniform with its centre slightly and incompletely defined by black with traces of a yellowish annulus outside it; postmedial line double at. t| Fig. 18.—Euplexidla nociuiformis, S- \- costa, then very indistinct., bent outwards below costa, then incurved and at vein 4 bent inwards to lower angle of cell and the black lunule below it, the area beyond it suft'used with violaceous, some pale points on costa ; subterminal line formed of small yellowish lunules, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal scries of small black lunules defined by yellowish on inner side; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing white, the veins and inner area tinged with pale rufous ; a brown terminal line and line near base of cilia; the underside with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a small diseoidal spot and crenulate postmedial litie, oblique and obsolescent below vein 6. Eah. Assam, Khiisis, 1 S type. Exp. 38 millim. Genus CHECUPA. Type. Checwpa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 60 , fortis^ima. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint thick, liai-dly reaching middle of irons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth'; eyes large, round: antennfe of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with small divided crests; tibi
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