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Show 960 MR. G. F. HAMPSON ON THE CLASSIFICATION [Dec. 17, stalked; 11 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 well separated at origin; 6, 7 stalked. Fig. 41. Leucargyra puralis, cf. }• Type. fLEUCARGYRA PURALIS, n. sp. cf . Silvery white ; palpi black at sides ; fore legs black above. The larva feeds in the interior of grasses. Hab. Theresopolis, Brazil. Exp. 60 mm. Genus ESCHATA. Eschata, Wlk. ix. p. 133 (1856). Cheerecla, Wlk. xxxii. p. 633 (1865). Proboscis rudimentary. Palpi porrect, reaching slightly beyond the frons and thickly scaled; maxillary palpi dilated with scales and nearly as long as the labial; frons produced to an acute corneous point; antennae of male thickened and flattened ; tibiae and tarsal joints fringed with long hair. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 7 from cell, anastomosing, or rarely shortly stalked with 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 11 curved and running along 12. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle. Fig. 42. Eschata xanthorkyncha, cf> T» SECT. I. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute and produced. (l)fEsCHATA XANTHORHYNCHA, n. sp. o*. Differs from gelida in the head and thorax being white ; palpi orange banded with white; fore legs orange fringed with white; tarsi banded with orange. Fore wing with the area between the postmedial and submarginal lines evenly irrorated with black scales. |