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JCOCTCID-K. 



in centre hoUowwl out in front ; ojes large, rounded ; antcnnic of nialc with 

 fnsciculftte ciliii; liontl and tliornx clotlioil witli rough liair only and wilh«)ut 

 creMd; in-ctns and legs clothed with long imir, the Int joint of fore tarsi wiLli 

 two long olaw-likc spinCH; abdomen with eonie rough hair at baxe and lateral 

 fringes of hair but without cre«t«. Fore wing rather short and broad, the 

 termen evenlj curretl ; veins .'I and T) from near angle of cell ; 6 from upjier 

 angle; '•• frotn 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins '.i. 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6,7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with tiie cell near base 

 onlj. 



2215. Harpagophaua hilaris. 



Metopfx-eras hilaru", Stand. Iris, vii. p. ^Ib yl804) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 176. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown ; sides of 

 palpi and frons fuscous: tegula? irrorated with fuscous; tarsi 

 fuscous with slight pale rings. Fore wiug grey irrorated with dark 

 brown ; subbasal line represented by slight dark spots at costa and 

 median nervure ; antemedial line represented by a series of small 

 indistinct dark spots, double below submediaii fold ; orbicular small 

 indistinctly defined by fuscous, round, confluent with antemedial 



Fig. 30. — Harpagophana hilaris, S • 



line ; rcniform an indistinct narrow lunule defined by fuscous, with 

 oblique fuscous bar from costa to it and dark spot at lower angle of 

 cell ; postmedial line very indistinct, minutely dentate, incurved 

 below vein 4 ; traces of an antemedial line with diffused dark 

 marks below costa and at middle ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunules. Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with fuscous : cilia 

 whitish ; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, traces of a 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah, Spain, Murcia, Guadarrama, 1 d , 1 $ . Exp. 32 millim. 



Genus METOPOCERAS. 



T^-pe. 



Mttopoceras, Guen. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. :.'nd series viii. p. xviii 



(1850) feliciita. 



Phorocera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 31 (18o0) canfmeri. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, short, fringed with long hair in 

 front; frons with corneous prominence witli raised edges and corneous process 

 from centre slightly hollowed out at extremity ; eyes large, rounded ; antenn.T 

 of male laminate : head and thorax tiiickly clothed with hair mixed with scales, 

 the vertex of head slightly crested, the metathorax with thick crest ; pectus and 

 legs clutlied with long hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without 



