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PLAGODIS Hiibner. Plate :>, fig. 9. 



Plagodis lliibn., Vera., 294, 1818. 

 Eh nomos Treits. (in part), Sclini. Eur., vi ( i ). :!, 1827. 

 Eurymene Dup., Lep. France, vii (iv). 18ft, 1829. 

 Bradyepetcs Steph. (in part), Nomencl. Br. Ins.. II. 1829. 

 Ennmnon Boisd. (in part), Gen. hid., 182, 1840. 

 Eurymene Dup., Cat.. 220, 1844. 



Il.-Sch., iii, :,:,. 1847. 

 Plagodin Steph., Cat. Br. Lep., 181, 18ft0. 

 Eiirymmu Lederer, Verb. But. Zool. Gen. Wieu, 17ti, I8ft:l. 



linen.. Phal., i, 144, l^.">7. 



Walk., List Lep. Ilet. Br. Mas., xx, I7(i, 18C>0. 



Head much as in Hyperetis, rather wide in front. Palpi lung, rather 

 broad, ascending, extended well in front id' the head. Male antennae rather 

 less heavily pectinated than in Hyperetis, simple in the female. Fore wings 

 with the costa full, much as in Hyperetis', outer edge deeply excavated below 

 the apex, which is either acute and much produced or nearly rectangular ; 

 below the large rounded angle in the middle, the wing is, as a rule, suddenly 

 and very deeply excavated, the hollow being deep and rounded or shallow. 

 Hind wings rounded at the apex; the outer edije lull, slightly sinuous, with, 

 no prominent median angle; the inner angle not reaching beyond the tip 

 of the abdomen. Venation: very similar to Hyperetis; a short, rhomboidal, 

 subcostal cell, the free end of the costal vein scarcely shorter than the first 

 subcostal venule:' the disposition of the discal venules much as in Hyperetis. 



This genus differs from Hyperetis in the female antennae being simple, 

 in the deep excavation below the middle of the outer edge of the fore wings, 

 and in the want of a decided angle in the hind wings In coloration, it 

 differs in the extradiscal line being straight, not bent, sometimes being 

 obsolete. 



Larva. — "Caterpillars smooth, ramiform; not flattened, having the third 



ring strongly swollen laterally, especially in repose, and carrying on the 



8th a dorsal tubercle: head square, bifid at the summit, flattened anteriorly; 



living on trees. Chrysalis red, shining, subterranean '" — G-uene'e. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Ochreous, with a purplish tint ; lines oblique, but not sinuous P. pMogosaria. 



Like phlogosaria, hut no inner line; and outer lino broad, diffuse, sinuous P.fervidaria. 



Fore wings with the notch shallower than in the two preceding ; outer lino curved inward : 



beyond the wings often dark purple I'- keutzingaria. 



Wbitisb, speckled with ochreons ; a discal ringlet; median angle of the wing large aud 



rounded P. akoolaria. 



Fore wings scarcely excavated; median angle well marked; pale straw-yellow: lines 



broad, diffuse, purplish-ochreons P- sirinaria. 



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