212 J. B. SMITH. 



Clypeus without projection or excavation. 

 Vestiture hairy. 



Eyes round, globose. 



Anterior tibia not abbreviated, armature consisting of terminal spin- 



ules Heliothis. 



Anterior tibia scarcely abbreviated, armature consisting of terminal 

 claws; shaggy, robust, with small primaries, outer margins 



rounded Dasyspoudaea. 



Anterior tibia abbreviated, flattened; armature consisting of several 

 long strong spines; vestiture recumbent, form moderate; prim- 

 aries with oblique outer margin Alaria. 



Anterior tibia flattened, corneous at tip, with a long inner and shorter 

 outer projection ; primaries very narrow with oblique outer mar- 

 gin Triocnemis. 



Eyes small, ovate or reniform. 



Anterior tibia not abbreviated, armature consisting of terminal spin- 



ules Melaphorphyria. 



Anterior tibia abbreviated. 



With two inner and three outer claws, primaries wide, short. 



Heliophana. 

 With a single inner claw only and from one to three outer claws, 

 Primaries with produced apices and oblique outer margin, 



Melicliptria. 

 Primaries wider, with apices less produced, outer margin more 



even Il«l iosesi. 



Vestiture scaly or mixed. 



Eyes globose or scarcely narrowed Shi it in % 



Eyes very small, narrow, ovate or reniform INeudota mi la. 



SYMPISTIS Hl>. 



Habitus of Anarta Mtjrtilla. Head small, retracted, with moderately 

 long vestiture ; eyes small, naked, ovate ; tongue moderate, palpi short, 

 with lengthy eiliae beneath. Thorax robust with evident collar, vesti- 

 ture consisting of elongate flattened scales or hair (spiexxigen schuppen); 

 primaries narrow, with rounded outer margin and elongate fringes ; legs 

 strong, robust, tibiae not spinose, anterior unarmed at tip. Abdomen 

 heavy, with small basal tuft. To this genus I refer Euros, Hy. Edw. 

 (Papilio, 1, 19) which seems to have been described from an examina- 

 tion of the type in an unnatural position, which caused Mr. Edwards to 

 mistake the femora for tibiae, and the latter for the tarsi. Mr. Edwards 

 type is a % . and from such examination as I have been able to make of 

 the sexual pieces, they agree with what Lederer says of this genus : the 

 tibia are clothed with elongate hair, and the position of the anterior one 

 was such that Mr. Edwards' error in describing it as very short and 

 furnished with a thickened process terminating in a blunt spine was 

 excusable. In fact it is of ordinary length, and without any armature 



