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subcostal ('(ills ; the inner, when present, 8inall ; the first three siil)Costal 

 v<'miles v(!ry short ajul equal in lengtli ; the two discal venules are, in their 

 united course, oblique. Male hind legs long and slender; tarsi sometimes 

 of unusual length, much longer than the tibia?. Abdomen long and slender, 

 sometimes extending beyond the hind wings. Coloration: the wings are 

 thinl}' covered with scales; they are pale, often almost whitish, with dark, 

 wavy lines especially marked on the veins, wiiile the hind wings are clear, or 

 witii a single faint line. 



This genus is at once recognizable by the small hind wings, which only 

 extend in ilight as far as the inner angle of tlie fore wings; by the prominent 

 lobe on' the hind wings in the male; and by the large, full head, and slender, 

 usually lather short, palpi. In some of the characters, the genus closely 

 approaches Glaucoiytenjx, and also Eupitluxia, so that the long-winged species 

 may be mistaken tor those of the latter genus, the writer having erred in this 

 respect. Fig. 14 ^ represents the venation of L. montanala. The second 

 cross-cell beyond the anterior discal appears to be an anomaly. 

 It is possible that Eupitliecia cretaceata belongs to this genus 

 Larva — "Cateriullars of medium length, smooth, velvety, not attenu- 

 ated, with distinct lines; head heart-shaped, with prominent anal points. 

 Living exposed on trres or shrubs. Cliry.salides subterranean.'" — Guenee. 



Si/i/ap.sis of the Species. 

 A. Fore wings short and broad; hind wings very short: 



Fore wingN bro:iil<T tlian in any otber species; hind wiuf^.s white, with no lines 



except the marginal i. ineqnaliala. ' 



Fore wings broad and short ; discal dots distinct; two broad, flesh-colored bauds. i. montanala. ^ 

 Fore wings rather broad, greenish ; hind wings smoky L. riridata. 



]j. Fore wings long and narrow; hind wings long : 



Fore wings very acnte ; \vhitish-ash, with a broad, smoky shade beyond the estra- 

 disc.al line ; discal dot linear, and eontluent with a black streak on median 

 vein ; otherwise much as in the next species .-. L. rernaia. 



White, tinged with pale-greeu, with a deeply-sinuate est radiscal line touching the 

 discal dot, and a double, sinuous hair-lino fialf-way betwceu the extra- 

 discal and outer edge of the line L. unguiUncata. 



Like iinijnilinialii, but larger, and with heavier, less sinuous lines; the snbmarginal 



regularly scalloped, chalky-white, with several scalloped dark lines L. yeminala. 



LoBOPiioRA iNEQUALiATA, .sp. liov. Plate 9, fig. 20. 



1 ?■ — Fore wings short and very l)road; outer edge as long as the inner; 

 apex ."-ubrectangnlar. Hind wings very short and small, the apex subacnie. 



