114 GEO. D. HULST. 



Synopsis of Subfamilies. 



Genitalia of % with lower plate present ; uncus more or less conical, with pro- 

 jecting posterior central spine PHYCITIN^. 



Genitalia of % with lower plate wanting; uncus rounded, without projecting 

 posterior central spine PEORIIN^. 



PHYCITIN^ Rag. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



1. Fore wings with 11 veins 2. 



10 " 39. 



9 '• 43. 



2. Hind wings with 8 " 3. 



7 " 29. 



3. Labial palpi erect, or ascending 4. 



" porrect or drooping ...21. 



4. Ma.xiliary palpi of % small, filiform 5. 



" pencil tufted 18. 



5. Antennae of % simple, or bent above base only 6. 



" bent above base with overlapping appressed scale tufts in 



bend 12. 



•' bent above base with tuft of scales in bend 13. 



" bent above base with ridge of teeth in bend Ainbesa. 



6. Hind wing cell very short, one-fifth wing Piesiiiopoda. 



cell one-fourth or more 7. 



7. Fore wings 4 and 5 stemmed JHyelois. 



" short steuimed or .separate 8. 



8. Hind wings 3, 4 and 5 separate Rhodoplisea. 



" 4 and 5 stemmed 9. 



9. Auteunse of % with projection at summit of basal member.. 10. 



" with none 11. 



10. Fore wings with basal scale ridge above A<'rol»asis. 



with none Miiieola. 



11. Hind wings cell short; antennae crenulate pubescent I'liyeitopMiili. 



" cell normal; antennje thick, ciliate I'roiiij^lea. 



12. Foi'e wings with basal scale ridge above I'iiiipesti!^. 



" with none Dioryctria. 



13. Fore wings 4 and 5 long stemmed 14. 



separate, or very short stemmed 15. 



14. Hind wings cell normal ; % with anal tuft Dasypyga. 



very short: ^ without anal tuft Tacoiiia. 



15. Hind wings cell normal; one-half wing 16. 



" short, one-third or less 17. 



16. Fore wings with basal scale ridge above Ortholepis. 



with none Glyptocera. 



17. Fore wings with basal scale ridge above TIascala. 



with none Nepliopteryx. 



18. Fore wings 4 and 5 stemmed Meroptera. 



" separate 19. 



