PHRTGAXOPSIS. EHAGOPHANES. 



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Tusiola seller i, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 147 (1863) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 326. 



S . Orange-yellow. Fore wing usually either slightly or strongly 

 irrorated with brown scales, and with a more or less developed 

 discoidal spot. Hind wing sometimes with the termen tinged with 

 brown ; antennse minutely serrate. 



2 paler yellow ; fore wing without discoida] point. 



Hab. R. Niger, Sapele {F. W. Sampson), 1 5 ; Sieeea Leone 

 {Clements), 1 c? ; Delagoa J^ky {Mrs. Monteiro),! 6; Mashonaland, 

 Salisbury (ilfar^/irtZZ), 1 5; Natal (G^^(eM^2;^Hs), 2 c? : Cape Colony, 

 Annshaw {Miss Barrett), 1 S • Exp. 20 millim. Types t cimrella 

 and zelleri in Mus. Stockholm. 



233. Phryganopsis chota. 



Brunia chota, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 293, pi. 20. f. 11 

 Ind. ii. p. 81 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 325. 



Hmpsu. Moths 



Uniform grey-brown ; antennae and costal edge of fore wing 

 whitish ; antennae of male ciliated. 



Bab. Be. E. Aerica, Teita {Jacl-son), 1 S ; Bojibay, Poona 

 {Siuinhoe), 2 § , type. Exp>., c? 14, $ 18 millim. 



Genus HHAGOPHANES. 



Shagophanes, Zell. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. (2) p. 508 (1863) 



Type. 



tortriciforinis. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi porreet, not reaching as far as frons, which is 

 clothed viith lung hair; auteimfe of male with bristles and cilia; patagia 

 fringed with long hair ; tibite with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with 

 rough hair and with long lateral tufts on last segment. Fore wing moderately 

 broad, the custa arched to middle, then nearly straight, the termen obliquely 

 rounded; the cell half the length of wing; vein 2 curved towards base and 

 stalked with 3, 4 ; 5 absent; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from angle of cell, 

 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing of male with cleft in termen above 

 vein 4 extending to middle of wing, the inner area folded and clothed with 

 long hair ; vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 

 coincident ; 8 from middle of cell, which is very short. 



234. Ehagophanes tortriciformis. 



Bhagophctnes tortriciformis, Zell. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. (2) p. 511, pi. 4. ff. 7-12 

 (1853) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 362. 



(5" . Pale brown ; abdomen with the anal tufts tinged 



with fuscous, the lateral tufts 

 yellowish. Pore wing irro- 

 rated with black scales ; a 

 black spot on costa before 

 middle ; a medial spot on 

 vein 1 and an oblique striga 

 below vein 2 near its origin ; 

 a prominent series of terminal 

 black spots extending round 

 the apex. Hind wing more 

 oehreous in tone. 



Hab, Java, 1 6 , Zeller Coll., type. Kv^. 20 millim. 



Fig. 63. 

 Rhagophcmes tortriciforrais, (^ . 



