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Lurvnila Boisd. i,iu part), Ciiu. liui./JU-l, Ls.|(l. 



H.-Scb.,Soliui. Em-., iii, 141, 1847. 

 Phihalapta-ijx Stcph., Cat. Br. Lep., 207, 1850. 



Gueu., Pbal., ii, 431, IB.". 

 Cidaria Staiidingcr, Cat., 163, 181)1. 

 Pliibalapliryr Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxv, 1332, 1862. 



Head imicl) as jii Anticlea, with no prominent vertical tuft, however, 

 but a well-marked intcrpalpal lui't. Palpi broad and stout, but short, 

 extending but little beyond the front; tlie third joint iiiiiiiite, concealed. 

 Antennae of male flattened, (incly ciliiited. Fore wings large, l)roader 

 than usual; apex well produced, siibaciife; outer edge slightly angular in 

 the middle. Hind wings small, distinctly scalloped, of the same form as 

 in Ochyria, but with the apex more obtuse; the first subcostal venule is 

 much longer than the second, though shorter than in Ochyria and Rheti- 

 maptern ; second and third nearer together than tistud; two subequal sub- 

 costal cells; second posterior discal vcnid(! l)ent, much as in Ochyria. Hind 

 legs with the tarsi nearly as long as the tibia'. Abdomen short and thick. 

 Coloration: either much as in Ochyria or both wings arc crossed by numerous 

 w^avy lines, mucli as in some species o'^Philcreme. 



Our common /'. intestinata is readily recognized by the large tore wqngs 

 and the small scalloped hind wings, as well as the numerous wavy lines. P. 

 latirupta, which is like the European P. polygrammata, is marked much as 

 in Ochyria designata, and has longer palpi than in P. intestinata, and is evi- 

 dently a connecting link between the two genera. 



Larva. — "Caterpillars very long, filiform, a lifth; attenuated in front, 

 smooth; head leiiticular, flattened, having much-developed maxillary pal[)i ; 

 living exposed on woody plants, very lively, and rolling themselves into a 

 helix at the least touch. Chrysalides subterranean." — Guenee. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Much like Ochyria designata, except tbat the hiud wings aie scalloped P.Jaiiriipta. 



Much larger auU darker, with more deepIy-.scalloped hind wings and longer fore wings P. intestinata. 



Phibalapteryx latirupta Walker. Plate 8, figs. 04, 65. 



Phibalaptcryx latirupta Walk. ! !! {fide Grote), List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., ssxv, Snppl., pt. 5, Iti-'l, 1666. 

 Cidaria Ltscinata Zeller!!!, Verh. Bot. Zool. Ges. W'ieu, xxiii, 205, 1873. 



8 (? and S 9. — Antennse flattened and ciliated finely on the edges; joints 

 two-thirds as long as broad. Pal|)i shorter and thicker than usual, blackish, a 

 little paler at tip above. Fore wings pale cinereous; on outer half and at base 

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