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1Y)1{.N()S Monisuii. rialc 2, lig 4. 



rormm Jloir., I'roc. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, iilT, 1875. 



In this singular 'geims, the Avings are so long and narrow that it might, on 

 casual inspection, l)e mistaken for a Noctuid. The male antennae ai'e, however, 

 heavil}' ])cctinate(l, exactly as in Aspi/ates; the head is moderately broad in 

 front. The ])al[)i are largo, hroad, and stout at the end, not slender and acute 

 as in Aspilatcs. Fore wings long and narrow, costa very straight, apex ■ 

 suhrectangidar; outer (Mlge not very obrujue, niucli shorter than usual com- 

 pared with the Iciiglh of llie inner edge. Hind wings much produced loward 

 the ap(!X, not exlcnding beyond the end of the abdomen, and sometimes not 

 so far as the tij). Venation: there is no subcostal cell, and but five subcostal 

 venules, two only being lliiown ofi" to the costa, where three are in Aspilates. 

 Independent vein near the last subcostal, as in Aspilates; but three median 

 venules, as in •AWrhalmildce, there being as a rule (indeed, I know of no excep- 

 tion) four in tlie Noctuidm. Abdomen as usual in Aspilates; male hind legs, 

 with the tibiae, a little swollen, and the tarsi nearly as long as the tibia?.. 



This aberrant genus ditfers from Aspilates mainly in the broad, thick 

 palpi, the long, narrow wings, and the want of a subcostal cell, and in having 

 but five subcostal venules, six being the usual number. This genus was 

 placed among the Noctuidce by Mr. H. K. Morrison. 



Si/nopsis of the Species. 



Oftcu 11^1' t ; outer ccl^o short T. rnhigitiosnria. 



Dark; outer edge of fore wing longer iu iirojiortion than in ruhiginosaria T, approximaria, 



ToRNOS RiiBKUNOSAKiA Morrison. Plate 'J, tig. 39. 



Tonios ruhigiiKiHiiH ilorr., I'loe. ]>o.st..Soe. Nat. Hist., xvii, ^18, 1875. 



7 J and 5 9. — Wings long and narrow; outer edge short. Antennae 

 well pectinated. Body and wings usually cream-colored, chocolate-brown, 

 sometimes brown. Fore wings with a much curved, irregular, basal, dark hair- 

 line (often obsolete, and only represented l)y a square, dark, costal dot). The 

 discal dot is composed of long, raised, blackish scales, forming a large, conspicu- 

 ous tid't. Through the (H.sc;d spot- runs ;i dusky band, curved outward just 

 below the costa (often ob.>iolete, and represented only l)y a broad costal dot, 

 situated witliin the discal spot). An outer, curved, sinuous, dark line, more 

 (fislincl Ihiin the others, and making a great curve outward, opposite the (lis- 



