COMACLA. — CHRYSOCYMA. 



GU 



Fore wing semihyaline brown, the veins and a fine terminal line 

 dark. Hind wing uniform black-brown. 



H/b. Brazil, Castro Parana, type f 6 in U.S. Nat. Mus. and 

 type f c? collaris in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 32 millim. 



712. Comacla simplex, insert (syn.) : — 



Amsria texana, French, Cm. Ent. xxi. p. 161 (1889), and xxxi. p. 9 ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 353. 



*712 a. Comacla fuscipes. 



Vanessodes fusci}>ss, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 86 (1883) ; Barnes & McD. 

 Contr. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. Am. i. 4, pi. xi. f. 11 ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. 

 N. Am. p. 80. 



c? . Differs from O. simplex in the abdomen being entirely grey. 

 Fore wing rather broader and more irrorated with dark scales ; 

 antenna? less strongly pectinated. 



Hub. U.S.A., Arizona. Exp. 22 millim. This species is un- 

 known to me. 



713. Comacla senex, insert : — ■ 



Ah.flimosa, Bankes, Entom. xlii. p. 60 (1909), 

 Much browner. 



Genus CHRYSOCYMA. 



Chrysocyma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 435 (1905) 



Type. 

 mesopotamia 



Proboscis absent ; palpi extending 1 to just beyond frans and clothed with 

 long hair ; antennas of male with very long, rather widely separated branches ; 

 hind tibiaj with one pair of spurs and fringed with long hair on outer side. 

 Fore wing short and broad, the apex rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell ; 6 fronn upper angle ; 7, 8, 10 stalked, 9 absent, 10 from near apex ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 from well 

 above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from towards end of oell. 



In key differs from Nyctosia in the fare wing having veins 7, 8, 10 stalked, 

 9 absent. 



714 a. Chrysocyma mesopotamia. 



Chrysocyma mesopotamia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 435 (1905). 

 d ■ Deep orange ; antennae with the branches blackish. Fore 



Fig. 198. — Chrysocyma mesopotamia, <~C. 

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