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Genus ACRAPEX. 



Type. 



Acnipejr, Hinpsn. Molbs Ind. ii. p. 286 (1894) prisca. 



Acutipeniia, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 287 (1894) acuminata. 



Probo;ieis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to 

 middle of frons and moderately fringed witii scales in front, I he 3rd short ; 

 frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; autennte of male typiealh' ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales and without cresls; build slender; 

 tibia' moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base 

 but without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the terinen 

 obliquely curved and not crenulatc ; veins 3 and .") from near angle of cell ; ') 

 from upper angle or areole ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areol*' ; 

 7 often from beyond the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 usually 

 shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocelhilars or from or 

 from near lower angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing w ith the cell near 

 base only. 



Sect. I. Antenme of male biserrate and fasciculate. 



4735. Acrapex exanimis. 



Caradrina exanimis, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. ]i. 153 (1899). 



Acrapex cxsauguis, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.AV. xxvi, p. 1)55 (1902). 



Head and tliorax white slightly mixed with hrownish ochreous ; 

 palpi Lrowii above; aiiteDiiae ochreous: abdomen white tinged wilh 

 ochreous. Fore wing white tinged with reddi.sh ochreous leaving 

 fine white streaks on the veins ; a white fascia in discal fold from 

 before middle of cell to termen ; a whitish fascia in submediau 



Fig. 136. — Acrapex exanimis, (^ . J, 



fold ; a fine rufous terminal line ; cilia white with a faint brownish 

 line at middle. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the 

 costal area tinged with ochreous. 



J/ab. Queensland, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 2 ? Brisbane {Turner), 

 2 c? , 2 $ , Mackay, type f J cvsarujuis in Coll. Lower ; Hawaii, 

 Kona (PerLins), 1 $ type. Ex^. 26-32 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male with quadrate uniserrations. 



4736. Acrapex ciirvata. 



Acrapex curvata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. i\lus. li. p. 306 (1902). 



Head and thora.x ochreous white mixed with rufous; abdomen 

 ochreous white. Fore ■« ing pale ochreous, the costal area suli'used ■ 



