EPISEMA. 



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Genus EPISEMA. 



Episema, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 65 (1816), non descr. ; Type. 



Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (1) p. Ill (1825) ccBTuleocephala,, 



Biloha, Boisd, Ind. Metb. p. 88 (1840) caruleoceplmla. 



Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extending to just 

 beyond thefronsand fringed with long huir above and below, the 3rd moderate; 

 frons smooth, with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round, overhung bj' long 

 cilia ; antennte of male bipeotinate to apex with rather long branches, of 

 female minutely serrate, witli tufts of hair from basal joint and between and 

 behind their bases ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the prothoi-ax 

 with slight crest, the metathorax with large crest; tibiai and the tarsal joints 

 fringed with long hair ; abdomen with ridges of hair and lateral tufts of hair 

 but without distinct crests, the anal tuft in female large. Fore wing with the 

 apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 

 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the 

 length of wing ; vein 3 from before angle ; 5 fully developed from above 

 angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



8445. Episema cseruleocephala, 



Bombyx caruleocephala, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x p. 504 (1758) ; Esp. 



Schmett. iii. pi. 58. fP. 1-4; Hllbn. Eur. Schmett., Bomb. f. 196 ; Dup. 



Lep. Fr. vi. p. 187, pi. 85. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 168. 

 Biloha armena, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. ii. p. 76 (1871). 

 Biloha hipartita, Stri.nd, Arch. Naturv. Christian, xxv. no. 9, p. 12 



(1903). 

 Biloha orhimaculafa, Strand. Arch. Naturv. Christian, xxv. no. 9, p. 12 



(1903). 

 Biloha separata, Schultz, Soc. Ent. xxii. 62 (1907). 



Head and thoi-ax dark brown mixed with grey- white ; tegulaa 

 red-brown, the tips white with some dark brown before them ; 



Fig. 130. — Episema ccBmleocejjhala, cJ. 



antennae with the shaft whitish ; abdomen reddish brown, the anal 

 tuft with some grey. Tore wing purplish red-brown tinged with 

 grey, the medial area rather darker, the base and terminal area 



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