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3. H. horanata (Felder). Cape to Transvaal. 
Rahaeospila (?) koranata, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. Het.t. 127, f. 14 (1875). 
4- H.. cinctuta (Saalmüller) (huj. gen. ?). Madagascar. 
Nemoria cinctuta, Saalmüller, Lep. Madag. (2), p. 495, t. 14, f. 279 (1891). 
96. GENUS CULPINIA, NOV. GEN., PROUT 
Culpinia, nov. gen. Prout. 
Characters. — Face smooth. Palpus shortish-moderate, second joint rough-scaled, third joint 
in gf quite small, in 9 slightly longer. Tongue present. Antenna in cf. bipectinate almost to apex with 
moderate, in Q merely subserrate. Pectus hairy. Femora glabrous. Hindtibia in Cf scarcely dilated, 
but with a small pencil of hairs, median spurs wanting; in Q with all spurs, the medians variable in 
development, sometimes apparently vestigial. Abdomen not appreciably crested. Frenulum present 
in gf, sometimes rather well developed, often weak and colourless, always arising from before strong 
basal expansion; in Q wanting. Forewing with costa arched, apex rather acute, termen straight or even 
faintly incurved anteriorly, curved or bent in middle and becoming strongly oblique, cell less than 
one-half, DC? deeply incurved, becoming very oblique, SC! from cell (sometimes almost connate 
with SC**), anastomosing with C or free, SC? normal, not approaching SC!, R! connate or short-stalked, 
M! connate or short-stalked; hindwing with apex rounded, termen produced to a tooth at Rland a 
stronger one at R?, excised between, tornus moderate, cell short, DC curved, C anastomosing with cell 
ata point or very shortly near base, then moderately rapidly diverging, SC? short-stalked, M! connate 
or usually stalked (Pl. 3, Fig. 13). G' genitalia : uncus pointed, with socii of equal length, gnathos 
pointed, almost atrophied. harpe rounded, sacculus considerably extended, with small scobinations, 
from the costa of harpe arise long clubbed scales; penis pestillate, narrow below, wider above, vesica 
with two short cornuli ; related to T/Aalera, and apparently to Mricroloxia. 
Early stages unknown. 
Dedicated to Dr. M. Culpin, of Shanghai, to whom we are indebted for material in its type 
species, as well as other Eastern species. An interesting genus, on account of its singularly exact super- 
hicial likeness to the well-known T/alera, of which it must certainly be regarded as the parent. In this 
instance the structure has advanced without the slightest change of facies. In Culfinia the c frenulum 
is present, sometimes even rather strong, the Q preserves (at least usually) the median spurs, while 
both frenulum and median spurs are entirely lacking in. TAalera; TAalera has further specialized in the 
shortening of the palpus, the tendency to stronger anastomosis of C of hindwing with cell, and the 
pectination of the Q antenna ; the other differences in venation, although among characters which are 
known to be variable, are by no means slight in the aggregate. The tibial armature would suggest a 
possible connection with the Hemilhea-group. 
Type of the genus : Culpinia diffusa (Walker) — TAalera diffusa, Walker. 
Geographical distribution of species, — Eastern Palcarctic. 
1. C. diffusa (Walker). Japan to Amur and China. 
T'halera diffusa, Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. Vol. 22, p. 597 (1861). 
Thalera crenulata, Butler, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), Vol. 1, p. 399 (1878); 
Ill. Het. Coll. Brit. Mus. Vol. 3, p. 37. t. 50, f. 2 (1879). 
TAalera vufolimbaria, Hedemann, Hor. Soc, Ent. Ross. Vol. 14. p.312, 0.3, 
f. 5 (1879). 
