816 GEORGE D. HULST. 



10. ANAPLODES Pack. 



Geom. Moths. 392, 1876. 



Type pistacearia Pack. 



Palpi moderate, ascending, rather strong ; clypeus untufteci ; an- 

 tennae bipectinated in % , ciliate in 9 » thorax and abdomen un- 

 tufted ; fore tibiffi unarmed ; hind tibise with two pairs of spurs in 

 both sexes, in S not swollen and without hair pencil ; fore wings 

 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ; hind 

 wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 from angle, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 separate from 

 cell. • 



Differs from Aplodes principally iu lack of hair pencil on hitid 

 tibiae of S ; from Geometra in that the antenuse of % are not bi- 

 pectinate to apex. So far as the description goes, Megalaehlorn 

 Meyr. is a synonym. Differs also from Pseadoterpna in that the 

 abdomen is not tufted. 



Species: — 

 A. zygotaria Hulst. A. jwictolliiearia Graef. l_Auct.) 



A. viridicaria Hulst. A. remotarin Wlk. (iridaria 



A. fesiaria Hulst. A. iridaria Guen. (rectaria Grt.) 



A. pistacearia Pack. A. illustraria Hulst. 



BREPHIN.E. 



The Brephinte have in the past very generally been catalogued 

 with the Noctuina, but were recognized to be a connecting link be- 

 tween that family and the Geometrina. Mr. Meyrick was, I believe, 

 the first to regard them as true Geometers, and I myself have the 

 same opinion. There are some Noctuid tendencies, and in many 

 respects the two families are nearly related, but the Geometrid re- 

 lations seem to me to be the nearer and more decisive. 



Mr. i\Ioyri(!k catalogues these insects under the term ]\ronocteniid:c. 

 The family designation Brephidio has priority, however, if indeed 

 the two groups should be joined in one family. 



As said heretofore I can see no valid reason why certain genera 

 such as Alxophila, etc., where vein 8 of the hind wings is coincident 

 with llic cell, should be referred to this family, as is done by Mr. 

 ,^I('yrick. They belong moi'c properly to the Hydrionicnina'. 



Synopsis of Bukpiiin/E. 



Aiiteiiiiie of % hijtectiiiate l^eilCobropllOS. 



Antemut; of % dentate Br«'|»liOS. 



