238 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



1826 as the date of publication of that part of the Verzeichniss occurring 

 after page 304, the part including the Microlepidoptera. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



( Veins 7 and 8 of fore wings forked Orchetiiia. 



\ Veins 7 and 8 of fore wings not forked 2. 



f Third segment of palpi short and blunt Hemerophila. 



\ Third segment of palpi long and pointed 3. 



J Second segment of palpi with long bristles beneath Choreiitis. 



•'■ I Second segment of palpi without long bristles beneath 4. 



r Antennse thickened with scales along the middle 



4. \ above Walsinghamia. 



(_ Antennae not thickened with scales 5. 



I Palpi slightly curved up Brenthia. 



^' ( Palpi curved up close to the front .Setiosiotna. 



Genus ORCHEMIA, Guen., Ind. Meth., p. 58 (1845). 



Head smooth, scarcely rounded in front; labial palpi medium, 

 slightly curving up in front, second segment a little roughened beneath, 

 the scales at the end forming a tooth pointing obliquely down and for- 

 ward ; third segment enlarged with scales at the outer end similar to the 

 second segment ; proboscis short and scaled basally ; ocelli present ; 

 antennte about half the length of the costa, ciliate in the male, simple in 

 the female ; thorax smooth ; hind tibis; with long scales along the upper 

 side and middle, and hind tibi?e thickened with scales at the middle and 

 end. 



Fore wings ovate or somewhat triangular, with twelve veins, i with a 

 long fork at the base, 7 and 8 forked, the others separate. Hind wings 

 a little wider than the fore wings, with i b forked at the base, 3 and 4 

 forked or from one point, 7 and 8 connected by an oblique vein near the 

 basal fourth of the wing. Median vein not pectinate towards the base 

 above. 



ORCHEMIA DIANA, Hub. 



Tortrix diana, Hiib. Sam. Eur. Schm. Tort., PL 44, Fig. 247 

 (1823). 



Choreutis diafia, Hiib. Verz. Schm., p. 373 (1826). 



SinicBt/iis diana, H.-S. Sch, Eur., Vol. V., p. 94, PI. 38, Figs. 257- 

 261 (1839). 



Coccyx decorana, Zett. Ins. Lap., 982 (1840). 



