1897.] 



CLASSinCATION OF THE CHRTSATTGIN^. 



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minutely ciliated ; legs smoothly scaled. Pore wing with the 

 basal half of costa arched, the outer half excised ; apex somewhat 

 produced ; the outer margin obliquely ciu-ved ; male with a large 

 tuft of scales on median nervure above, and a smaller tuft from 

 costa beyond middle ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6 from upper 

 angle ; 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with veins 

 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, which is produced ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 

 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 43. 



IHhxis oehri'plaga, ^J. \. 



Type. fDiLoxis ochbiplaga, n. sp. 



6 • Head and collar red-brown ; thorax and abdomen dark 

 brown. Fore wiug with the costal half red-brown ; the tufts 

 purplish ; a large ochreous patch on costa before apex ; the inner 

 half dark brown. Hind wing dark brown. 



Hah. BJo Janeiro. Exj). 20 mm. 



Genus Area. 



Area, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 483. 



Palpi rostriform, downcurved, nearly smoothly scaled, and 

 extending about the length of head; frons smooth; antennae of 

 male somewhat thickened ; mid and hind tibiae somewhat hairy. 

 Fore wing with the costa straight ; the apex rectangular ; male 

 with a hyaline fovea in end of cell ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent ; 

 10, 11 free in female, 10 absent in male. Hind with vein 3 from 

 near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle, which is extremely produced ; 

 6. 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 44. 



Area diaphanalis, (J . {. 



Type. Aeea diaphai^aiis, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 484. 



Brazil ; Argentina. 

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