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equally apart, 6 close to upper angle; 7, 8 and 9, 10 from end of 

 areole; 11 free. Hind wings triangular; anal angle rounded; inner 

 margin heavily scaled; veins 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 well above 

 angle; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Cyclopteryx observalis Guenee = E'rosia niveino- 

 tata Walker. ^ 



The following species are also referred to this genus: 



Cyclopteryx patricialis Guenee, Delt. ct Pyral., 1854, p. 47. 



Cyclopteryx f lifer alls Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 34, 1865, p. 1155. 



Both these species are placed here with some doubt. 



Genus PELIALA Walker. 

 Pcliala Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 33, 18G5, p. 1005. 



Male. — Palpi obliquely ascending; second joint fringed below, the 

 long scales above bent forward; third joint short, variable. Anten- 

 nae long, pubescent ciliate. Head with tuft. Abdomen with dorsal 

 crests extending to middle or beyond. Thorax and abdomen below 

 usually hairy. Wings broad. Fore wings with areole; veins 7, 8, 

 and 9, 10 from areole. 



Type of genus. — Peliala tenebrosa Walker. 



The genus includes also: 



Peliala Tiemonalis (Hypena) Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 16, 1858, 

 p. 228 = Tlypena sclerialis Felder and Rogenhofer, Reise Novara, 

 1873, pi. 120, fig. Z2 = Hypena zardbena Schaus, Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, 1904, vol. 30, p. 168. 



Peliala xenarealis (Ilypena) Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 19, 1859, 

 p. 841 = Ilypena thontes Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 9, 

 1912, p. 214. 



Peliala leniusculalis (Hypena) Mosclilcr, Lep. Jamaica, 1886, p. 60 

 = Hypena hergesalis Schaus, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 30, 1904, 

 p. 70. 



Peliala munda (Hypena) Warren, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, 

 p. 230. 



Peliala andria {Hypena) Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 

 1890, p. 431, pi. 35, fig. 4. 



Peliala levana (Hypena) Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 

 1890, p. 431, pi. 35, fig. 5. 



Peliala leuctra {Hypena) Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Hot., vol. 1, 

 1890, p. 435, pi. 35, fig. 14. 



Peliala lollia {Hypena) Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1890, 

 p. 435, pi. 35, fig. 17. 



Peliala pintica {Mania) Dognm, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. 41, 1897, 

 p. 416. 



1 Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 26, 1S62, p. 1757. 



