274 GEORGE D. HULST, 



18. ElICHCECA Hiih. 



Verz. 298, 1818. 



Type obliterata Hiib, 



Hydrcelin Hiib., Verz. 322. 1818. type sylvnfa Hiib. 



Trichodezia Warr., Zoo. Nov. li. pt. 2, p. 119, 1895, type albovittata Guen. 



Palpi short scaled, slender, porrect ; tongue developed ; front 

 smooth ; antennae filiform, ciliate ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; 

 hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, one acces- 

 sory cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond 

 middle. 



Mr. Warren says his genus Trichodezia, of which albovittata is 

 type, " has a long tuft of dark hairs towards the inner margin of 

 fore wing on underside." He does not say whether this is a sexual 

 j)eculiarity or common to both sexes. I have, however, been unable 

 to find the peculiarity in either sex after examining numerous speci- 

 mens, and so place it as a synonym. The venation of the hind 

 wings is, however, somewhat abnormal as 8 does not unite with the 

 cell through the basal half of the cell's length. 

 Species. — E. albovittata Guen. 



E. californiata Pack. 



E. cretaceata Pack. 



E. lucata Guen. 



E. albogilvaria Morr. 



19. ASTHEIVA Hiib. 

 Verz. 310, 1818 {Epirrita Hiib., Tentanien 1810). 



Type candidata Scbif. 

 Oporinia Hiib., Verz. 321. 1818, type dilufafa Bork. 

 Minoa Dup., Hist. Nat. Fr. viii. 545, 1829, type murinuta Sc. 

 Oporahia Steph., Ills, iii, 273, 1831, type dilutata Bork. 



Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth, flat ; antennae filiform in both 

 sexes; thorax and abdomen untufted; fore tibiae unarmed, hind 

 tibiae with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells; hind 

 wings 8 with cell to beyond middle. 



As Mr. Meyrick remarks, there can be no doubt concerning the 

 application of this generic name, as only one species was placed 

 under it by Hiibner. It corresponds with the Tentamen name 

 Epirrita, whose type was dilutata Bork. As stated before I do not 

 recognize the Tentamen names, but indicate where they apply if any 

 ])lease to make use of them. 



Species. -^^4. dilutata Bork. 



