arctiid;f:. — hypogymna. 



A. Maxillcc obsoletac. 

 a. Aim plus minusve diaphanae, vix aut non squamosae. 



{C rotundatse, pilosissimse ; 

 baud squamosae, < 

 ^ elongatae, subacutae : 

 squamis minutis sparsis instructs : 



7C. FUMEA. 

 75. Psyche. 



74. PENTIIOniEItA. 



b. Aloe opac£B, dense squamosa;, 

 f vix pilosaB,subgra-r minute: . . 59. Hypogymna. 

 fpcctinatae aut I dies: Palj)orHvi 

 ciliatcB : | urtiailo \-mo ' 



Tarsi aiitici ■{ 



I(_elongato, clavato: GO. Psiluha. 

 valde pilosa;, f elongate: . . Gl. Dasychxua. 

 Il^crassiores: ^4/(1' K abbreviata;, triangu- 

 ( lares aut nulla! : . C3. Orgyia. 

 r triangulares, postice subtruncata; : 7f>. Heterogenea. 

 I^simplices: Alce^ 



C. elongate, postice rotundatas : . 70. Limacodes, 



B. Maxilla: distincta?, vix capite longiiis. 

 a. Aloe opacae, dense squamosae. 



fcristatus: ..... . C2. Demas. 



f annulatum, aut f2-do longiore; J subacute: C9. Auctia. 

 maculatum : I «?7i(M/o 3-^io-c breve, 

 Palporum \ ( ovate : . 72. SriLOSOMA. 



articiilo l-?«o-^ 



Thorax 



baud cri- 

 status : 

 Corpus - 



2-de breviore ; ( cylin- 

 ariiciilo 3-tio<di-ico: . C8. Eutiiemonia. 

 (globose: 70. Nemeophila. 

 ^inmiaculatum, apice cristate : . . GG. Portuesia. 



b. Ahr plus minusve diaphana;, squamis rarioribus adspersae. 



immaculatum : Paljri 



Corpus ■ 



ielongata;, pilosissimje : 

 abbreviate, acutae : 



maculatum : Falpi 



I vix distincta^, pilosa; : 

 ( distincta;, squamosae : 

 C. Maxillcv capite multe longiores. 



Ala 



i dense squamosae ; 



ana2, pilosae: 



( diaph 



G4. Lj5ELIa. 



G5. Leu CO ma. 



71. Piti!aomat<>i:ia. 



73. Diafhora. 



G7. IlYPERCOMrA. 

 77- NUDARIA. 



Genus LTX. — Hypogymna, Huhner. 



Palpi hairy, short, triarticulatc, the basal joint minute, second elongate subcla- 

 vate, terminal ovate, obtuse: maxilla; obsolete. Antenna; short, acute at the 

 tip, very strongly bipectinated in the males, slightly in the females : head 

 minute, with a downy tuft : thorax and abdomen stout, woolly, the latter very 

 robust and obtuse in the female, and terminated by a downy mass, rather 

 attenuated, and furnished with a liairy tuft in the male : tvings deflexed, not 

 very densely clothed )vith scales ; legs not very stout ; femora and tibia; slightly 

 fringed with long hairs. Larva elongate, cylindric, with short, rigid hairs on tlie 

 back, and elongate fascicles on the sides of the head, and at the tail : pupa slighll y 

 hairy, the apex with a truncate projection : it changes in a loose cocoon. 



