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LOPHOIDES. 



Lophoides, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 84. Type iapis, de Nice. 



Antennae two-thirds as long as the costa ; club moderate, gradual ; apiculus gradual- 

 Palpi suberect, third joint short, almost concealed. Fore wing pointed, dorsum subequal 

 in length to the termen ; vein 5 straight, practically intermediate between veins 4 and 6 ; 

 vein 2 from the basal third of the lower edge of the cell (further from the base of the 

 wing in the female) ; base of cell 3 subequal in length to that of cell 4 ; hyaline spot in 

 cell 4 reduced to a point or wanting. Hind wing with the termen evenly rounded, cell 

 about half as long as the wing ; vein 3 arising immediately before the end of the cell, 

 vein 2 just beyond the middle of the lower edge of the cell. 



In the male the dorsum of the fore wing has in its middle third a scanty fringe 

 of long hairs, pointing obliquely downward and outward ; on the underside of the 

 fore wing the middle third of the dorsum bears a thick fringe of long hairs pointing 

 obliquely upward and outward ; on the upperside of the hind wing there is a patch of 

 long recumbent hairs attached to the basal portion of vein 8 ; and the fringe of the 

 hind wing next the tornus is much elongated. 



The first described species belonging to this genus was obscura, Distant, a species for 

 which that author made the genus Lsma ; but as his account of that genus is both 

 imperfect and inaccurate (he ascribes to the type a pyriform antennal club, which it 

 certainly does not possess), his name must sink in favour of Lophoides, Watson, of which 

 iapis, de Nicev., is the type, and of which the diagnosis does include a statement of the 

 differential characters of the type species. 



1 (8). With at least one cell-spot on the fore wing, that next the lower 



edge of the cell. 



2 (7). Fore wing with the pale spot in cell 2 small, higher than wide (at 



least in the male). 



3 (6). Hind wing below without any purplish suffusion on the basal half. 



4 (5). Hind wing with a sprinkling of yellowish-grey scales, sometimes by 



their absence in parts giving rise to the appearance of a very 

 obscure dark spot next the transverse vein, and a postmedian series 

 of four or five similar spots. Fore wing broader, termen subequal 

 in length to the dorsum. Upper edge of lower lobe of clasp not 

 serrate ; cedeagus-guards toothed on the edges iapis, de Nicev. 



5 (4). Hind wing below with a feeble brown spot next the transverse vein 



and a postmedian series of four similar spots, one each in cells 2, 

 3, 4-5, and 6 respectively. These spots are of purplish- brown 

 scales and not merely bare patches of the ground-colour of the 

 wing. Fore wing longer and narrower, termen longer than the 

 dorsum obscura, Distant. 



