AMKRICAX LKPIDOl'TKKA. 373 



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87. HYPERITIS aiien. 

 Phal. 117. i, 1857. 



Type amicarin H.-Sch. 



I'robole H.-Sch.. Auseu. Schin. 83, IS.w, type amicaria H.-Sch. 

 Piilpi a.sceiiding, stout, rather long; front rounded, l)r()ad, sinootli ; 

 tongue developed; antenn;e l)i})ec'tinated in both sexes, apex .simple, 

 pectinations short in 9 ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibire 

 scarcely swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both 

 sexes ; fore wings angled at 4, without fovea at base in S , 12 veins, 

 6 separate, 10 at a point, or shortly stemmed with 9, 11 from cell ; 

 hind wings with a broad angle at 4, larger in S , all veins separate, 

 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Species : — 

 H. amicaria H.-Sch. //. triaju/u life rata Pack. 



H. notataria Hulst. II. molUcalaria Zell. 



88. A\IA Steph. 

 Brit. Eiit. Hiinst. iii, :521. 1831. 



Type limhata. 

 Microgonia H.-Sch., Auseu. Schrn. 1855, type limlxda Haw. 

 Nematocampa Guen., Plial. i, 120, 1857, type limhata Haw. 



Palpi moderate, erect or ascending, light ; tongue developed ; 

 front smooth, narrow in £ , quadrate in 9 '■> antennte % lamellate, 

 in S filiform; thorax smooth, hairs of patagise long; abdomen 

 smooth ; legs rather heavy ; hind tibii?e in % much swollen, with 

 hair pencil, end spurs small, close together, the outer upper spur 

 normal, the inner lengthened, enlarged at end thus becoming club 

 shaped; hind tibi;e of 9 normal; fore wings 11 veins, 10 wanting, 

 1 1 stemmed with 9, 5 nearer 6 than 4 ; hind wings all separate, 5 

 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — A. limbata Haw. 



89. C:0^\ODO:VTIS Hiib. 



Verz. 287, 1818. 



Type bidentuta Clerck. 

 Epirmnthix Hiib.. 296. 1818, type obfirmaria Hiib. 

 Oihnwptera Stei)h., III. 162, 1829, type bidentuta V\erck. 

 Metarranthi!<i Warr.. Nov. Zool. i. 436, 1894, type obfirmaria Hiib. 



Palpi modei-ate, or rather long, porrect or subascending, rough 

 scaled; tongue developed ; antennse of % bipectinate to apex, pec- 

 tinations clavate, antennae of 9 sharply serrate ; thorax hairy scaled, 

 hairy below ; abdomen scaled, untufted ; femora more or less hairy ; 



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