CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



Genus 6. PHAKELLUEA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ascend- 

 entes, lati, compressi, pilosi; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae 

 simplices, nudae. Abdomen subcylindricum, alas posticas superans. 

 Pedes longi, graciles, glabri, calcaribus vix longis. Alae lanceo- 

 latae, albae, semihyalinae, sat angustae, margine lato obscuro opaco. 

 Mas. — Abdominis fasciculus apicalis e pilis radiatis plumosis. 



Pbakellura, Landsdown Guitding, Trans. Linn. Soc. ; Guen. Delt. 



et Pyral. 294. 

 Eudioptis et Diaphania, H\ibn. Verz. Schm. 359. 



Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi as- 

 cending, broad, compressed, pilose ; third joint very short. An- 

 tennae simple, bare, moderately long and stout. Abdomen nearly 

 cylindrical, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 long, slender, smooth ; spurs moderately long. Wings lanceolate, 

 rather narrow, white, semihyaline, with a broad dark opaque border. 

 Male. — Abdomen with a large apical tuft of diverging plumose 

 hairs. 



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