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Show 1897.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHRYSAUGIN.E. 683 Fig. 61. Curicta oppositalis, 3- h Type. (l)tCuRiCTA OPPOSITALIS, Wlk. xxxiv. 1130. Salawati; Waigiou; Goossensia cinnamomealls, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. N. Guinea. xxxvii. p. 74, pl. 3. ff. 5, 6. (2)*CURICTA LUTEALIS, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxxvii. p. 75, pl. 3. ff. 7, 8. Obi. Genus MURGISCA. Murgisca, Wlk. xxvii. 11 (1863). Palpi rostriform, downcurved, thickly scaled, and extending about three times the length of head; frons smooth ; antennae of female almost simple ; tibiae smooth. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight; the apex acute ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from near upper angle ; 7 given off from 8 before 9 ; 10, 11 free, or 10 stalked with 7, 8, 9. Hind wdng with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. Fig. 62. Murgisca cervinalis, 2 • \- Type. fMuRGiscA CERVINALIS, Wlk. xxvii. 12. St. Domingo. Genus STREPTOPALPIA. Streptopalpia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi. p. 345. Palpi rostriform, downcurved, somewhat roughly scaled, and extending about twdce the length of head ; frons with a slight tuft; antennas of male minutely serrate and ciliated; mid and hind tibiae with tufts of hair at middle and extremity, the tarsal joints tufted. Fore wing with the apex produced, acute, and depressed; two tufts of scales on inner margin ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 being given off close to tbe margin. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4 absent; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. |