AMERICAN LEPIDOI'TKRA. 259 



Species. — E. mendica Walk. 



E. meridiaud Slo.s.-^on. 

 E. unicolor Robs. 

 E. texana Fronch. 



■1. EirC'ESTIA Hub. 



Verz. 322. 1818. 



Type spartiata Fuesl. 

 I.ithostcfie Hub., Verz. 337. 1818, t.vi)e dnplicata Hiib. 

 Aplocera Steph., Cat. 141. 1829, l.vi)e phiifiatd \j. 

 Aniulix Dap., Hist. Nat. viii, 3.^0, 1829, type pUuiinfa L. 

 Chesiiis Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 497, 1829,, type spartiata Fues. 



Palpi moderate, heavily scaled, porrect ; clypeus rounded, j)n)ini- 

 nent ; anteniue ciliate iu both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; 

 fore tibite with a stout claw, tibiae short, stout; hind tibiie with all 

 spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 and 7 stemmed ; 

 hind wing 8 with cell more than lialf its length ; in the % there is 

 a transparent fovea near base along inner margin beneath, boi-dered 

 by a mend)raneous ridge forming a sort of pocket. 

 Species. — E. rofanddtd Pack. 



5. I>IIII.<>1>SIA n. gen. 

 Type mvi(jenita Walk. 

 Palpi short, somewhat drooping ; front flattened, smooth ; antenuio 

 flattened, simple, minutely pubescent ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; 

 fore tibite unarmed, hind tibite with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 

 one accessory cell, 6 short stemmed with 7 ; hind wings 8 with cell 

 more than half its length, the wings in S with a lobe at base along 

 inner margin ; this lobe joined at ba.se is separate from the main 

 wing towards its end, and o and 4 are widely separate, as are 6 and 

 7 ; in 9 '^ is clo.se to 4, (5 and 7 sepai'ate. 



Differs from Trlchoptcnjx lliib. in having only one accessory cell, 

 and in the fact that it has two pairs of spurs on hind tibite. In the 

 former respect it ;dso differs from Lobophora Curt. 

 Species. — P. nicii/erata Wlk. (inteiiualiata Pk.) 



6. .\CiJI A 11. aen. 

 Type eburata Hulst. 



Palpi moderate, ascending ; front smooth ; antennte filiform, ciliate 

 in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibite unarmed ; 

 hind tibite with end spurs only, and in % with hair pencil; fore 

 wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, (i tiud 7 .stemmed ; hind wings 8 



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