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black scales; the dark brown space thus de- 
fined is divided by a wide, oblique band ex- 
tending from the middle of the costa to the 
external inferior angle; there is a submar- 
ginal line of black spots in the light marginal 
space. 
The posterior wings are blackish gray with 
a yellowish white basal spot and a medial 
space both poorly defined; the area of the anal 
angle is also yellowish white but somewhat 
grayer. 
The underside of the wings is ochre irro- 
rated with black scales. In the anterior wings 
there is a black spot in the distal half of the 
wing preceded by a yellowish white one. 
Genitalia c? : The tegumen is indistinct, 
Fig. 11. Chalciope cepbise Cramer: ^tegumen, 
uncus, and anal tube; b, right valva; c, penis and 
juxta. 
but there is a well-developed uncus (Fig. 1 la) 
which is acute apically and bears a long tuft 
of bristles both dorsally and ventrally; the 
scaphium is present but is almost perpendic- 
ular to the uncus; the anal tube is short and 
rather low with regard to the uncus; the val- 
vae ( Fig. 11 b) show little development of 
the costal part and sacculus; the apex is 
rounded, clothed with long, strong bristles; 
the internal side of the valva has a long, nar- 
row process, well sclerotized and colored at 
its end. (Should it be considered as a harpe?) 
The juxta is highly developed and, laterally to 
the penis, shows two triangular parts clothed 
with small prickers; the penis is curved at 
its apex and is speckled (Fig. 11c). 
New Hebrides: Mallicolo (Risbec). 
The species is also found in Samoa. 
Genus Moos Hiibner 
Mods Hiibner, 1827, Vers, bekann. Schmett., 
p. 267; Hampson, 1913, Cat. Lepid. Phal 
B.M. 13: 76; Gaede, 1938, in Seitz 11: 
493 (type undata F.) . 
The proboscis is fully developed; the labial 
palpi are upturned; the second joint reaches 
the vertex of the head and is slightly scaly; 
the third joint is short, oblique; the frons is 
smooth; the male antennae are ciliated. The 
thorax, without crest, is clothed with scales; 
the prothoracic tibiae are not spined; the 
metathoradc tibiae are spined. The abdomen 
is clothed with scales, without crest. In the 
anterior wings, the apex is slightly projected; 
the venation is similar to that of the species 
last described. 
Key to the species 
1. Anterior wings with two parallel, ra- 
ther wide, transverse bands . trifasciata 
Anterior wings with an oblique trans- 
verse band, narrower, starting from 
the apex ............ frugalis 
