AMERICAN LKPIDOPTERA. 



371 



81. METROCAMPA Latr. 

 Consid. gen. 366, 1810. 



Type margaritata Linn. 



Palpi slight, subasceuding, not long; tongue developed; front 

 closely scaled ; antenna? of % hipectinate almost to apex, the ex- 

 treme apex simple, of 9 serrate ; thorax hairy scaled above, some- 

 what woolly below ; abdomen scaled, somewhat tufted at end ; fore 

 wings without fovea below, even, or slightly angulate, 12 veins ; hind 

 wings somewhat angulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 sepa- 

 rate from cell ; hind uWvx swollen, with hair pencil in % ; larva 

 with 12 legs. 



Species. — M. perlata Guen. 



82. EUGONOBAPTA Warren. 



Nov. Zool. i, 405, 1894. 



Type nivosata Guen. 



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

 smooth ; antennte flattened, lamellate in % ; thorax hairy scaled ; 

 abdomen slender, smooth ; hind tibiaj of h swollen, with hair pencil ; 

 two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings costa strongly arched, 

 outer margin even, without fovea at base in ^ , 12 veins, 6 separate, 

 10 on 9, 1 1 from cell ; hind wings rather long, somewhat angled at 

 4, all veins separate. 



/Species. — E. nivosata Guen. 



83. RIPUEA Guen. 



Phal. i, 34. 1857. 



Type mahometaria H.-Sch. 



Palpi moderate, porrect, scaled ; tongue developed ; front tufted ; 

 antennje of % doubly bipectinate, two pectinations arising from each 

 side of each segment at ends, apex simple; thorax hairy above, 

 densely hairy woolly below ; fore wings even, scarcely bent at 4, 

 without fovea at base in I , 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, 6 shortly 

 stemmed with 7 ; hind wings cell short, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 

 separate, 8 separate from cell. 



Species. — B. virfjinaria Hulst.- 



84. ENWOMOS Treit. 

 Schm. Eur. vi (1), 3, 1827. 



Type alniaria Linn. 



Eugonia Hiib., Verz. 291, 1818. type alniaria Linn. 

 Palpi rather long, end member longer than usual, long haired 

 below ; tongue developed, but not strong ; front densely hairy tufted ; 



TRANS. AM. KNT. .SOC. XXIII. SEPTb;MBEK, 1896. 



