. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Si'ENOSGAPilA. 281. â antennas of male ciliated; tibiie with the inner spurs long, the outer short. Fore wing lon^ and narrow ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 3 from close to angle ; 5 absent; (i from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 , 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3; 4 coincident; .5 from well above angle; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from middle of cell; male with the costa arched and a small patch of androconia below vein 8 near its origin. 589. Stenoscaptia vea
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. Si'ENOSGAPilA. 281. â antennas of male ciliated; tibiie with the inner spurs long, the outer short. Fore wing lon^ and narrow ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell; 3 from close to angle ; 5 absent; (i from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 , 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3; 4 coincident; .5 from well above angle; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from middle of cell; male with the costa arched and a small patch of androconia below vein 8 near its origin. 589. Stenoscaptia veausta. Mosoda venusia, Lucas, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1078 (1890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 348. S. Head, tegiilae, and shoulders orange-j^ellow; palpi and antennfe black; thorax and abdomen black; the greater part of legs and anal tuft yellow. Fore wing orange ; the base black ; a postmedial black band with slightly waved edge; a subterminal curved band ex- p. ,qQ panding into a large patch near 8tenoscai'tmvcnusta,S.\. ^P^^ and ending at _tornus. Hind wing orange, with ter- minal black band expanding towards costa. Hah. Queensland, Brisbane (Z'ttnier), 1 S- Kvp. 22 millim. Genus BYRSIA. Type. %ma, Wlk. xxxi. 198(1864) dotata. Proboscis well developed ; palpi short, upturned ; antenna? of male with bristles and cilia; tibiaj with the spurs rather long. Pore wing rather narrow; vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, and 10 stalked ; 9 absent; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 on a l<jng stalk ; 6 from lower angle and strongly curved ; the apex truncate in male and veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell, stalked in female ; 8 from beyond middle of cell. A. Fore wing with the yellow extending to costa aurantiaca. B. Fore vnng with the costal area black dotata. 590. Byrsia aurantiaca. Hypocrita aurantiaca, Snell. Notes viii. p. 4 (1886); id. Tijd. V. Ent. xxix. p. 33, pi. i. f. 1, 1 a (IS&i);
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