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Species. — E. mendica Walk. 



E. meridiana Slosson. 

 E. unicolor Robs. 

 E. texana French. 



4. EUC'ESTIA Hiib. 



Verz. 32-2. 1818. 



Type sparfiata Fuesl. 



Lithostege Hiib., Verz. 337. 1818, type dupUcata Hiib. 

 Aplocera Steph., Cat. 141, 1829, type plagiata L. 

 Anaitis Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 350, 1829, type plaginf a L. 

 Chenias Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 497, 1829, type spartiuta Fues. 



Palpi moderate, heavily scaled, porrect ; clypeus rounded, promi- 

 nent ; antennae ciliate in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; 

 fore tibiae with a stout claw, tibiae short, stout ; hind tibiae with all 

 spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 and 7 stemmed; 

 hind wing 8 with cell more than half its length ; in the % there is 

 a transparent fovea near base along inner margin beneath, bordered 

 by a membraneous ridge forming a sort of pocket. 

 Species. — E, rotundata Pack. 



5. PHIL,OI»SIA n. -eu. 

 Type nivigerata Walk. 



Palpi short, somewhat drooping ; front flattened, smooth ; antennae 

 flattened, simple, minutely pubescent ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; 

 fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae with all spurs ; fore wings 12 veins, 

 one accessory cell, 6 short stemmed with 7 ; hind wings 8 with cell 

 more than half its length, the wings in % with a lobe at base along 

 inner margin ; this lobe joined at base is separate from the main 

 wing towards its end, and 3 and 4 are widely separate, as are 6 and 

 7 ; in 9 3 is close to 4, 6 and 7 separate. 



Ditters from Trichopteryx Hiib. in having only one accessory cell, 

 and in the fact that it has two pairs of spurs on hind tibiae. In the 

 former respect it also diflers from Lobophora Curt. 

 Species. — P. nivigerata Wlk. (inaequaliata Pk.) 



6. AGIA n. gen. 

 Type eboratu Hulst. 



Palpi moderate, ascending ; front smooth ; antennae filiform, ciliate 

 in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiie unarmed ; 

 hind tibiae with end spurs only, and in % with hair pencil ; fore 

 wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, G and 7 stemmed ; hind wings 8 



TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. , JULY, 1896 



