Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Proteoptervx Willingana, sp. nov.
♂, 18 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antennæ and fore wings, same shade of very light tan or pale brownish-fuscous, overlaid with a few blackish brown scales.
Palpi: outer joint short, obtusely pointed; tuft on second joint flattened and appressed, lower scales extending to outer end of outer joint. Head roughtly scaled. Eyes black with coppery reflection. Antennæ annulated with fuscous and brown. Thorax smooth.
* Ills. Lep. Het., Br. Mus.m IV., 68, 1879.
† Can. Ent., XXXVI, 120, 1904.