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ARCTIAD^. 



Genus CHAMAITA. ^^ 



Type. 



Chamaiia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 121 (1862). tncliofteroidcf,. 

 Hovwpsyclie, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 226 (1882) trichopteroides. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect, clothed -with long hair ; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair; antenna? ciliated, with 

 tJie basal joint extremely long and clothed with long hair ; tibiae with the 

 spurs moderate ; wings sparsely clothed with hair. Fore wing with the costa 

 strongly arched at base and fringed with hair, which is very long in male; vein 

 2 from" middle of cell; 3 from long before angle; .5 from far above angle; 

 6 from below upper angle, sinuous; 7, 8 stalked ; 9 absent; 11 free ; male with 

 a strong fold in cell containing fiocculent hair, the subcostal and median 

 nervures approximated. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from 

 long before angle ; 6 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before 

 middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 10 absent in both sexes. 



1137. Chamaita trichopteroides. 



Chamaita trichopteroides, Wlk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 122 (1862); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 365. 

 ■Homopsi/che nudarioides, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 226 (1882); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 365. 

 Chamaita neuropteroides, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 125 (1894). 



White ; wings diaphanous. Fore wing with slight brown marks 

 at base ; an antemedial series of small brown spots, the spot on 



Fig. 383. — Chamaita trichopteroides, (^ 



median nervure displaced outwards ; a medial series of brown marks 

 oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then almost forming a 

 waved line ; a curved subterminal series of points and a terminal 

 series. 



Jlab. AssA5i, Margharita (DoJierti/), 1 $ . type f neuropteroides in 

 Coll. Elwes ; BoENBO, Sarawak {Wallace), type t $ in Mus. Oxon. ; 

 N. Guinea {Wallace)^ 1 S ; New Britain, 1 S , type nudarioides. 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 10 absent in male, from cell in female. 



1138. Chamaita nympha. 



Homopsyche nympha, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 536, pi. 211. f. 11 (1887) 

 Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 126; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 365. 



