316 GEORGE D. HULST. 



10. ABTAPLiODES Pack. 

 Geom. Moths. 392, 1876. 



Type pistacearia Pack. 



Palpi moderate, ascending, rather strong ; elypeus untufted ; an- 

 tennae bipectinated in % , ciliate in 9 ; thorax and abdomen un- 

 tufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs in 

 both sexes, in % not swollen and without hair pencil; fore wings 

 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ; hind 

 wings "8 veins, 3 and 4 from angle, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 separate from 

 cell. 



Differs from Aplodes principally iu lack of hair pencil on hind 

 tibiae of Z ; from Geometra in that the antennae of % are not bi- 

 pectinate to apex. So far as the description goes, Megalaehlora 

 Meyr. is a synonym. Differs also from Pseudoterpna in that the 

 abdomen is not tufted. 



Species: — _^ 



A. zygotaria Hulst. / A. jimdolmearia Graef \_Auct.) 



A. viridicarla Hulst. ,■ A. remotarin Wlk. (iridaria 



f A.festcvria]A\i\&t. .J. iridaria Gxxan. (rectaria Grt.) 



0-A. pistaceari'i Pack. A. illustraria Hulst. 



BREPHIN^. 



The Brephinae have in the past very generally been catalogued 

 with the Noctuina, but were recognized to be a connecting link be- 

 tween that family and the Geometrina. Mr. Meyrick was, I believe, 

 the first to regard them as true Geometers, and I myself have the 

 same opinion. There are some Noctuid tendencies, and in many 

 respects the two families are nearly related, but the Geometrid re- 

 lations seem to me to be the nearer and more decisive. 



Mr. Meyrick catalogues these insects under the term Monocteniidae. 

 The family designation Brephidae has priority, however, if indeed 

 the two groups should be joined in one family. 



As said heretofore I can see no valid reason Avhy certain genera 

 such as Ahophila, etc., where vein 8 of the hind wings is coincident 

 with the cell, should be referred to this family, as is done by ]Mr. 

 Meyrick. They belong more properly to the Hydriomeninae. 



Synopsis of Brephin^. 



Autennte of % bipectinate l<eucobrephos. 



Antemije. of % dentate Brephos. 



