314 PROCEEDmai^ OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.50. 



3, 4, 5 equally apart; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. 

 Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 apart from lower angle; 5 from near 

 middle of discocellular; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Liclia undilinealis Walk.eT. = Boniana niveilinea 

 Walker} = Tendarha lineosa Walker.^ = Xeucama cicatrix Felder.'^ 



Genus PTERHEMIA Guenee 



Pterhemia Guenee, Delt. et Pyral., 1854, p. 23. 

 Pessida Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 15, 1858, p. 1641. 



Male. — -Palpi obliquely ascending, almost porrect, thickly scaled, 

 smooth; third joint more than half the length of second. Antennae 

 bipectinate. Fore wings: Apex slightly produced; outer margin 

 obliquely rounded; vein 3 from lower angle; 4 from lower angle; 

 5 abov^e angle; 6 below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from upper 

 angle; 11 free. Hind wings: Cell short; term en above vein 3 usually 

 deeply excised; veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7 shortly stalked; 5 from 

 middle of discocellular. 



Type of genus. — Pterhemia mutilatalis GueA\ee, = Pessida inter- 

 lineata Walker. 



The following species are also included in this genus: 



Pterhemia undnalis Hiibner, Geyer Samml. Exot Schmett, vol. IG, 

 fig. 325, pp. 649, 650 = Pterhemia otusalis Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 19, 1859, p. 838. 



Pterhemia ameriola Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1890, 

 p. 426, pi. 35, fig. 3. 



Pterhemia exscissa Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 

 1913, p. 29. 



Pterhemia schausialis Dognin, Ilet. Am6r. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, p. 84. 



Genus ARIPHRADES Druce 

 Ariphrades Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1891, p. 482, pi. 40, figs. 9, 9a. 



3Iale. — Palpi tlu-ee times the length of head, obliquely ascending, 

 second joint with long fringe above. Antennae pubescent ciliate; 

 a coarse tuft of hair at middle. Legs smooth; fore tibiae with 

 moderate process. Fore wings broad; apex acute; outer margin 

 slightly rounded, almost vertical; a long ridge of raised hairs beyond 

 cell; vein 3 well before lower angle; 4 from lower angle; 5 close above 

 angle; 6 close to upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free; in the 

 female only veins 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 well 

 stalked; 5 from lower angle; 6 and 7 shortly stalked. 



Type of genus. — Ariphrades setula Druce. 



Also included in this genus is the following: 



Ariphrades plumigera Dognin, Het. Am6r. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, p. 55. 



1 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., ser. 3, vol. 1, p. Ul. 



2 Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 34, 1S65, p. IISG. 



» Reise Novara, 1S73, pi. 109, figs. 14, 15. 



