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JJ. — Hind wing of c? with p^^^ 



vein 6 absent 14. Polyclysta 251 



HH.— Hind wing of ^ with all 

 veins present. 

 J. — Fore wing of c? with 

 hairy groove on vein 

 1 - - - 15. Protaulaca 251 

 J J. — Fore wing of <? with- 

 out hairy groove on 

 vein 1 • - 16. Hydriomena 



(Sections II. and III.) 266 

 GG. — Antennae of cJ pectinate 20. Xanthorhoe 



(Section II.) 274 

 AA. — Thorax and coxae densely hairy beneath 



B. — Fore wings with areole single - - 21. Dasysterna 277 

 BB. — Fore wings with areole double - 22. Dasyuris 277 



Genus 1. Saupis. 



Sauris, Gn. Lep. X., p. 361. 



Face smooth. Palpi long, porrected, smooth-scaled. Antennae 

 stout, laterally compressed, in t? very minutely ciliated. Pos- 

 terior tibiae in c? without spurs, in ? with terminal spurs only. 

 Fore wings with areole simple. Hind wings much distorted in (?, 

 in $ small, veins 3 and 4 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked^ 8 anastom- 

 osing with cell to near end. 



A remarkable genus of which the species appear to be very 

 variable, and are best to be recognised by the extraordinarily 

 complicated secondary sexual characters of the males. 



Type. — S. hirudinata, Gn. 

 1. Fore wing of c? incised at tornus - - - - hirudinata 

 Fore wing of t? not incised at tornus - - - lichenias 



1. Sauris lichenias. 



Remodes lichenias, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 806. 



(? with forewing not distorted at tornus ; hind wing with 

 veins 3 and 6 absent, inner margin turned over towards base, 

 forming a large oval vesicle ; wing not otherwise distorted. 



