SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. Xxi 



Fam. I. £pialidae. 



Proboscis short or obsolete ; palpi nearly obsolete ; antenuse, mo- 

 iiiliform, shorter than the thorax ; wings deflected, long, narrow, 

 secondaries semi-hyaline. No stemmata. 



Thorax not crested ; body pilose ; last abdominal anmili of the fe- 

 male forming an elongated oviduct. Epialus. 



Fam. II. Cossidae. 



Body stout, pilose, head small, antennae shorter than half the 

 length of the wings, palpi small, eyes naked, proboscis short or ob- 

 solete, wings strongly veined, deflected ; flight nocturnal ; stemmata 

 none. 



Abdomen long, extending beyond the anal angle ; hind tibiae with 



two pair of spurs ; palpi shorter than the head. Cossus. 



Hind tibiffi with only terminal spurs. Zeuzera. 



Fam. III. Coiiciiilopodidae. 



Body rather stout ; proboscis not visible ; antennae of % simple, 

 rather serrated, pilose at the apex, which is acute ; legs stout, pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with four spurs ; wings moderately broad, deflexed ; abdo- 

 men a little tufted at the extremity. Larva onisciform, or flat. 



Fore wings, subcostal veins exterior to the disk, bifid, with two 

 nervules from the disk. Limacodes. 



With one nervule from the disk. Adoneta. 



Fore wings, subcostal trifid, exterior to the disk. Empretia. 



Fore wings, subcostal quadrifid, exterior to the disk. Nochelia. 



Fam. IV. Zygaenidae. 



Antennae fusiform cylindric, often pectinate ; proboscis long, con- 

 volute ; wings longer than the body, primaries more narrow, se- 

 i;ondaries rounded ; stemmata present. 



Costal vein bifid at base ; antennae fusiform. Zygaena. 



Without costal vein. Procris? Clenuvs. 



Antennae not pectinate, thicker in the middle than at the apex. Alypia. 



Fam. V. Glaucopididae. 



Wings narrow, often limpid or with limpid spots ; hind wings 

 ■^hort; antennae pectinated ; flight diurnal. 



