LEPIDOPTEKA. 





Division II.— HETEHOCEUA. 



Group 3. NOGTUINA. 

 Family 2. TRIPID-ffi. 

 Genus 77. HOPORINA. 



Antennas ciliated ; eyes naked, with front and back lashes ; 

 thorax helmeted or raised to a pointed and ridged cone ; 

 abdomen decidedly flattened, not crested ; costa of fore wings 

 arched at the base and apex, hind margin retuse, expanded 

 below ; hind wings thin and delicate, crossbar and vein 5 

 almost imperceptible. 



We have but one species. 



1. H. croceago, Schiff. — Expanse 1\ to 1| inch. Fore 

 wings with the costa a little hollowed in the middle, arched 

 at the base ; colour rich orange with a Y-shaped central 

 stripe ; hind wings white tinted with pink. 



Antennas of the male simple, almost naked, orange-red ; 

 palpi porrected, conical, narrowly tufted, purplish-orange ; 

 eyes naked, brown ; head pointed, smooth, orange-yellow 

 dusted with brown ; collar erect, thrust forward in the middle 

 by an upright pointed conical tuft, single and slightly ridged 

 behind, whole thorax rich orange, having a few small black 

 dots along the margins of the shoulder lappets ; fascicles 

 white ; abdomen also white, broad and much flattened but 



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