AMERICAN LKIHDOPTEKA. 317 



RREPHOS Ochs. 



Schin. Eur. 1816 (Ilrcpho.s Huh., Tfiitiuuen 1810). 



Type parthenias L. 

 Arehiearis Hiib., Verz. 279, 1818, type parthetiins L. 

 Palpi sliort, covered with long hairs; face clothed with long loose 

 hair.-j; antennae simple, rounded, finely pubescent; thorax scaly, 

 mixed with hairs, the patagiiB long haired. Abdomen scaled, mixed 

 with hairs. Legs, femora and tibiie haired, hind tibia3 with two pairs 

 of spurs, fore tibia? unarmed; fore wings 11 veins, one accessory 

 cell, 7 absent, 3 and 4 widely separate, 5 at middle of cell ; hind 

 wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 5 at middle of cell, 6 and 7 stemmed, 

 8 separate from cell and subparallel with it. 

 Species. — B. iiifdii.'^ ^Toesch. 



L,EUCOBKKI»IIOS^(;it. 



BufT. Bull, ii, 53. 1874. 



Type brephuidfis Walk. 



Palpi moderate, very lengthily hairy ; face hairy ; antennjc bi- 



))ectinate in % ; thorax and abdomen heavily haired, untufted ; fore 



wings 11 veins, 3 and 4 stemmed, one accessory cell; hind wings 8 



veins, 3 and 4 stemmed, 8 separate from cell and subparallel with it. 



Species. — Jj. brcphoides Wlk. 



L. middendorfi Men. 



LEUCULIDyE. 



The only genus is the typical one which follows. The venation is 

 peculiar, and I am doubtful whether the species belongs to the Geo- 

 inctrina. It has a decidedly Lithooiid aspect, and its true position 

 cannot be determined until the larva is known. 



I.EU<^IILA Gueu. 

 I'hiil. i, 134. 1857. 



Type empusariii Guen. 



Pal[)i very minute ; clypeus flat, scaled ; antennieof % bipectinate ; 

 thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiic with 

 two pairs of spurs; fore wings elongate, even, 12 veins, no accessory 

 cell, 3 and 4 widely separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 from cell near 7, 



7 and 8 stemmed from point of cell, 9 and 10 stemmed ; hind wings 

 rounded, 3 and 4 widely separate, 5 below middle, 6 and 7 stemmed, 



8 separate from cell, but close to it to end. 



The generic description is from L. hicieolafit. T do not know the 



type of the genus. 



Species. — L. ladeolata Hulst. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBER. 1896. 



