n.'iO ARCTIAD.E. 



Genus CHAMAITA. „ 



Type. 



ChamaUa, Wlk. .Tonrn. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 121 (18fi2). trichopteroides. 



Homopft/ch>; Hutl. A. il. IS. H. (5) x. p. 226 (1882) trichopteroides. 



Proboscis rully dpvcloped ; palpi short, porrect, cluthod -nitl) long: linir; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair ; antenna' ciliated, with 

 the basal joint extremely long and clothed with long hair; tibia; witii tlit- 

 spurs moderate; wings sparsely clothed with hair. Fore wing with the costa 

 ftronjjly arched at base and fringed with liair, which is very long in male; vein 

 2 from middle of cell; ,3 from long before anirle ; .') from far above angle; 

 <■> from Iwluw upiier angle, sinuous; 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent; 11 free ; male with 

 n strong fold in cell containing floceulent hair, the subcostal and mediiin 

 nervures approximated. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from 

 long before angle; 6 from well above angle-; 6, 7 stalked; 8 from before 

 middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with rein 10 absent in both sexes. 



1137. Chamaita trichopteroides. 



Chamaita trichopteroides, Wlk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 122 (1862); 



Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 365. 

 Hoinopl-1/che nudarioides, Butl. A. M. N. H. (.5) x. p. 226 (1882); Kirbv, 



Cat. ilet. p. 365. 

 Chamaita neuropteroides, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. ]). 125 (1894). 



"White ; M-ings diaphanous. Fore -wing with slight brown marks 

 at hase ; an antemedial series of small browu spots, the spot on 



Fig. '683.— Chamaita trichopteroides, cf. \. 



median nervure displaced outwards ; a medial series of brown marks 

 oblique I'rom costa to lower angle of cell, then almost forming a 

 waved line ; a curved subterminal series of points and a terminal 

 scries. 



Jfah. AssAir, Margharita (Doherfif), 1 2 • fype t neuropteroides in 

 Coll. Elwes : EoRNKO, Sarawak ( Wallace), type t $ in Mus. Oxon. ; 

 N. Guinea ( Wallace)., 1 S ; New Bkitain, 1 S , type nudarioides. 

 Kvp. 20 millim. 



Se(T. it. Fore wing with vein 10 absent in male, from cell in female. 



1138. Chamaita nympha. 



Ilomopstjche nympha, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 536, pi. 211. f. 11 (1887) ; 

 Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 126 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 365. 



