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Show 918 MR. G. P. HAMPSON ON THE CLASSIFICATION [Dec. 17, Genus CIRRHOCHRISTA. Cirrhochrista, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 440. Palpi porrect, thickly clothed with hair, the 3rd joint hidden by hair and downcurved; maxillary palpi long and triangularly scaled at extremity ; frons oblique; antennae ciliated; tibiae clothed on outer side with rough hair, the outer spurs less than half the length of inner. Fore wing with the apex produced, the outer margin oblique; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 7 curved and very closely approximated for a short distance to or well separated from 8, 9, to which 10 is approximated. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 shortly stalked. Fig. 21. Cirrhochrista pulchellalis, <$• \- SECT. 1. Palpi projecting about the length of bead and with a tuft of porrect hair from 1st joint. Type. (1) CIRRHOCHRISTA 2ETHERIALIS, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 441, pi. 17. f. 9. Amboina; Ternate. (2) CIRRHOCHRISTA PULCHELLALIS, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 441, pi. 17. f. 10. Ceylon; Java; Amboina. (3)f CIRRHOCHRISTA SEMIBRUNNEA, n. sp. 2 . Head brown, with the vertex white; thorax and abdomen brown, the middle of collar, patagia, and basal segment of abdomen white. Fore wing brown, with a large white patch on basal inner area; a large crescentic white mark in cell, and much larger similar mark beyond the cell; a quadrate apical white patch; a yellow discocellular line and series of yellow marginal marks below the apical patch. Hind wing white ; a large, round, brown submarginal spot between veins 2 and 5 ; some yellow on medial part of margin ; a brown marginal line; cilia fulvous at base ; inner area tinged with fuscous. Hab. Bhutan, India (Dudgeon). Exp. 36 mm. SECT. II. Palpi projecting about twice the length of head and with no tuft from 1st joint. (4)fCiRRH0CHRiSTA BRIZOALIS, Wlk. xix. 976 ; Japan ; China; Moore, Lep. Atk. pi. 7. f. 10. Formosa; throughout India Cirrhochristafigurdtalis, Wlk. and Ceylon; Borneo; Celebes; xxxiv. 1369. Australia. |
