June, '03] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



thorax rough hairy ; abdomen rough hairy, untufted, the 

 genitalia very prominent. Wings with vestiture somewhat 

 hairy ; fore wings 12 veined, with fovea below above base of 

 vein i, one accessory cell, veins 3 and 4 rather remote at base, 

 5 from middle of discocellulars (in one specimen nearer to 4 

 than to 6, and about as near to it as 4 is to 3), 7 to 9 stalked 

 from end of accessory cell, 10 from near end of accessory cell, 

 ii on cell, 12 free; hind wings 8-veined ; 3 and 4 shortly 

 stalked from end of cell, 5 weak at base as is the cross- vein 

 of cell, outwardly stronger, though weaker than the other 

 veins, arising from the middle of the discocellulars, 6 and 

 7 shortly stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell at basal fourth then 

 free and divergent slightly to end of cell, then more rapidly 

 divergent. Hind legs with two pairs of slender spurs, hairy. 

 Apparently falls in the subfamily Ennominae.* The moths are, 

 however, stout, and with rather elongate trigonate wings, and 

 do not look like most Geometridae. But with the character 

 shown it is not admissable to place them in any other family. 



To which of these different types does Psychophora come 

 nearest ? 



Kirby in his original description says : " Wings incumbent, 

 antennae of the male setaceous, bipectinate at base, with short 

 rays .... tongue rather long, like that of a Noctua or Pha- 

 laeua. Feelers recurved, very hairy, consisting of two joints. 

 Antennae setaceous, bipectinate for about half their length, 

 with a single pair of short rays emerging from each of the 

 branching joints, the other joints are hairy underneath. Wings 

 imcumbent, rather longer than wide, fringed at the end. Tibiae 

 armed in the middle with a long spur. Abdomen thickish, 

 tufted at the end. Anal forceps consisting of two horny con- 

 cavo-convex reddish pieces, dilated at the top and rounded 



" Curtis adds : "Antennae rather short and setaceous, 



bipectinated in the male, simple in the female, the rays very 

 short at the base and vanishing towards apex [the figure sho\v> 

 the pectinations distinct to outer two-thirds, then shortening 

 but visible close to apex] ; each joint producing two which are 

 clavate and pubescent ; maxillae long and spiral ; palpi por- 



* In Hulsts' tables this falls next to Nyctiphanta Hulst, from wliicli it is 

 bviously distinct. 



