254 WODKKN SYSTEXf. 



SriRPS 4. — Caterpillars wkh fourteen feet, anal oneEv/anlir.g; the first 

 pair of membranaceous ones distinct. 



Genus 363. PLATYPTERYX. Laspeyeres, Latr., Leach. Pha- 



LXNA. Fuhl\ 



Anterior wings falcate : antenncc of the male pectinate : jmlpi very short, 

 somewhat conic : tongue short. 



Sp. 1. Fla. fakuiaria (pebble hooktip). 2. Tla. hcertanaria (the scol- 

 loped hooktip), &c. 



Obs. — ^The last species has the anterior wings dentate. 



Genus 364. CILIX. Leach. Bombyx. I'uhr. Platypteryx. Latr. 



Anterior zoings rounded : antenna of the male pectinated : palpi very 

 short, somewhat conic : tongue none. 



Sp. 1. Cil. compressa (goose-egg moth). 



Bombyx compressus. Fahr. 



Stirps 5. — Catcrpillarx with sixteen feet: zvings with the body forming 

 a broad short triangle, dilated on each side anteriorly. 



Genus 365. TORTRIX. Hubncr, Leach. Piialxna (Tortrix). 

 Linnc. Py kalis*-. Latr., Fain: 

 Falpi with the second joint distinctly longer than the third, and more 

 squamous; third joint short, truncate or obtuse, not recurved over 

 the head. 

 Sp. 1. Tor. Fagana. 



Genus 366. SIMx\ETHIS. Leach. Tortrix. Buhner. Pyralis. 



Latr. 

 Talpi short, rising; the last joint not recurved over the head; with 

 the second and third joints nearly equally long and equally squa- 

 mosa: inferior wings not completely covered by the upper ones. 

 Sp. 1. Sim. dentana. 

 Tortrix dentana. Hubncr. 



Genus 367. NOLA. L^cach. Pyrai.is. H'ub., Latr. 

 Talpi short, porrect, last joint not recurved over the head; the second 

 and third joints nearly equally long and equally squamose: under 

 zcings completely covered by the upper ones. 

 Sp. 1. 2^vla palliolatis. 

 Pyralis palliolatis, Hubncr, Latr. 



Fam. X. PvRALiDX. Leach, 

 Crambites. Latreille. 

 '^ Palpi four: larta (as far as has been ascertained) with sixteen feet. 



Stirps 1. — Superior wings forming with the body a nearly horizontal 

 depressed triangle. 



