DESCRIPTION OF THE GENEliA AND SPECIES. 



Subfamily I. LAIIENTIN^ Packard. 



Kiibolkli and Cirfarirfi (in part). ClH^ituli, iltlnnlliidi (\n iiait), Stepli., List L(|>. lir. Mns , 18:i, 189, '200, 



2l;{, le.M). 

 Larenlldw G\Knfe, (in part), I'lial., ii, 'i.'iT, \^i>7. 



Head large, ratlicr loiiir, ami free from the tliurax ; front usually full 

 uud convex, either narrow or hroad and suhtriangidar, ustiafy with a tioiital 

 interpal|)al tuft. I'alpi usually large and stout, with ihc lliiid joint (|ui1(> long 

 and pointed, Indd i)eak-like in front ol' the head ; l)ut, in the higher genera, 

 they olteii l)eeoiue short, not extending far i)eyond the front (very rarely, 

 however, nut extending to the front), with (he third joint .scarcely distinguish- 

 able at its base tioin the projecting hairs ot' tlie end of tlie second joint. 

 Anteniue usually ciliatcil, very rarely with sliort and slender pectinations. 

 Wings usually large, particularly the hiiuler pair; the fore wings often sub- 

 falcate, with the costa full, sinuous, outer edge seldom slightly bent : hind 

 winirs usuallv lar<je and rouiuled, with the inner edge lonsj:, or, in some of the 

 higher and more alxuiant genera, smaller than usual, short or oval, luit never 

 aborted; in one genus {Lohophora), with a swelling or Idister near the l)ase 

 of the inner edge; in two genera {Scofo-sia and Hi/dria), with an ear-like 

 expansion of the edge and brush-like crest of hair.s. Venation: one, usually 

 two, subcostal cells; first subcostal venule usually long, but sometimes 

 scarcely longer than the second ami third; inde[)endent vein situated in the 

 middle of the discal space; posterior diseal venule usiudly oblitpie and much 

 bent. Abdomen usually long and slender: nuire nv h'ss tid'ted on the side 

 ami back, or rather stout, sometimes extending iieyond the hind wings. 

 Fore legs long and slender, unarmed, in one genus {Lltliostege), with the 

 •tibias short and thick, hiiul legs long, with the tarsi usually about as long as 

 the tibia^; in one genus {llaliomniata), thickened, ami tarsi only halt' as long 

 a;? the tibial. 



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