. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 320 NocrrrD-E. above inner margin ; an cl!ii)tifial discoiflal spot defined by rufous, its centre also faintly dediied by rufous, placed oa a large obliciue elliptical pale rufous patch which extends to submedian fold; postmedial line double, blackish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards at submedian fold; subterminal line black, obli(}uc towards costa,. Fig. 114.—Mrgathripa riifiinedia, 2- t- angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing Avh
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 320 NocrrrD-E. above inner margin ; an cl!ii)tifial discoiflal spot defined by rufous, its centre also faintly dediied by rufous, placed oa a large obliciue elliptical pale rufous patch which extends to submedian fold; postmedial line double, blackish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards at submedian fold; subterminal line black, obli(}uc towards costa,. Fig. 114.—Mrgathripa riifiinedia, 2- t- angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing Avhite, the veins towards ternien, apical area and termen suffused with brown ; cilia white, brown at base from apex to vein 2. Ab. 1. Fore wing without the rufous discal patch, the discoidal annul us defined by blackish ; hind wing with the terminal area more strongly suffused with brown. Hdh. Mozambique, Shilouvane (Junod), 1 2 5 linoDEsiA, Bula- yi! {Eyles),l 5 type. Exjj. ^O-^VixmWim. Genus (EDICRASPIS, nov. Type, (E. siihfcrvicla. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely uptiirned, the 2nd joint reacbina; to vertex of head and with large tuft of scales behind at extremity, the ^rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of scales; eyes large, round; antennie of female almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- tlioras with hump-shaped crest, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibiie slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the costa slightly lobed just beyond middle; the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short areole; 11 from cell. Itind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 6625. (Edicraspis subfervida, n. sp. $. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with black; pectus, mid femora, hind
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