274 GEORGE D. HULST. 



18. EUCHCEC'A Hub. 



Verz. 298, 1818. 



Type ohlitenita Hiib. 



Hydraelia Hiib., Verz. 322. 1818. type si/lvafa Hiib. 



Trichodezia Warr.. Zoo. Nov. ii. pt. 2, p. 119, 1895, type albovittata Guen. 



Palpi short scaled, slender, pnrreet ; tongue developed ; front 

 smooth ; antennae filiform, ciliate ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; 

 hind tibise with two pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, one acces- 

 sory cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond 

 middle. 



Mr. Warren says his genus Trichodezia, of which albovittata is 

 type, " has a long tuft of dark haii's towards the inner margin of 

 fore wing on underside." He does not say whether this is a sexual 

 })eculiarity or common to both sexes. I have, however, been unable 

 to find the [)eculiarity in either sex after examining numerous speci- 

 mens, and so place it as a synonym. The venation of the hind 

 wings is, however, somewhat al)normal as 8 does not unite with the 

 cell thi'ough the basal half of the cell's length. 

 Species. — E. albovittata Guen. 

 E. calif or niata Pack. 

 E. cretace da Pack. 

 E. lucata Guen. 

 E. alhogilvaria Morr. 



19. ASTHEXA Hiib. 

 Verz. 310, 1818 {Epirrita Hub., Tentainen 1810). 



Type candidata Schif. 

 Oporinin Hub., Verz. 321. 1818, type dilutafu Bork. 

 Minoa Dup., Hist. Nat. Fr. viii. 545, 1829. type murinata Sc. 

 Oporabia Steph., Ills. iii. 273, 1831, type dilutata Bork. 



Pal})i short, porrect ; front smooth, flat; antenna? filiform in both 

 sexes; thorax and abdomen untufted; fore tibia? unarmed, hind 

 tibiae with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells; hind 

 wings 8 with cell to beyond middle. 



As Mr. Meyrick remarks, there can be no doubt concerning the 

 application of this generic name, as only one species was placed 

 under it by Hiibner. It corresponds with the Tentameu name 

 Epirrita, whose type was dilutata Bork. As stated before I do not 

 recognize the Tentamen names, but indicate where they apply if any 

 please to make use of them. 



Species. — .1. dilutata Bork. 



