Classification of the Fyralidse. 



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of hair ou basal joint ; tibije thickly fringed with hair. Forewing 

 with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 



CeciJipta exccvcaricc, (^ , -f. 



10 stalked ; 11 free. Hindwing with vein 3 from near angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 free. 



Type. Cecidipta exc^caui^, Berg., Stett. Ent. Zeit., 



xx.\ix., p. 230, fig. 2 . . , . Argentina. 



Genus Locastea. 



Locastra, Wlk., xvi., 158 (1858). 



Homura, Led., Wien Ent. Mon., 1863, p. 339. 



Tatirica, Wlk., xxxiv., 1268 (1865). 



Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head ; maxillary palpi 

 dilated with scales ; antennae of male minutely serrate and fasci- 

 culate ; tibiae fringed with long hair. Forewing with veins 3, 4, 5 



Locastra crassifcnnis, $ , \ (ffora Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



from angle of cell ; G from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 

 Hindwing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 G, 7 from upper angle, 7 often connected with 8 by a bar. 



Sect. I. Forewing of male with a glandular swelling 

 on costaat two-thirds from base ; hind tarsi fringed 

 with hair. 



