AMEKICAN LEPIDOPTERA. Oit 



antenuie of S bipectinate, apex simple, of 9 serrate ; thorax rather 

 hairy scaled, not tufted, hairy below ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae 

 somewhat swollen, without hair pencil in % , with all spurs; fore 

 wings 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell, without fovea below; hind 

 wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; all 

 wings strongly angulate. 



Close to Metanema Guen., differing chiefly in the long, stout, as- 

 cending palpi. 



Species : — 

 ^K^cqlqr-adaria_ Qrt. E. aurantiacaria Pack. 



E. grotearia Pack. E. madusaria Walk. 



E. eerviuaria Pack. 



93. SYNAXIS n. gen. 

 Type palhdata Hulst. 



Palpi long, ascending, rough scaled, end member horizontal ; 

 tongue sti'ong ; front somewhat hair tufted ; antennse deeply biden- 

 tate in S ; thorax hairy sealed, hairy below ; abdomen scaled, 

 somewhat tufted ; hind tibise somewhat swollen, without hair pencil ; 

 fore wings angulate, without fovea below, 12 or 18 veins, 10 and 1 1 

 from cell ; hind wings somewhat angulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 

 separate, 8 separate from cell. 



The only specimen of palludata I have has 13 veins, the 13th 

 reaching from 12 to costa. I am convinced this is only a rare aber- 

 ration, which, in a number of examples, I have found in other spe- 

 cies. Mr. Warren has suggested a genus Prionotetracis, Nov. Zool. 

 i, 461, 1894, which might be the same as this genus. He gave as 

 type " latistrigata Warr. ined." Neither genus nor species having 

 been described, it does not exist as yet, whether it be the same or 

 different. 



Species. — S. palhdata Hulst. 

 S. obleidaria Grt. 



94. PHERI^E n. gen. 

 Type parallelaria Pack. 



Palpi long, ascending, beak like, rough scaled, end member hori- 

 zontal ; tongue strong ; front cone tufted ; antennae bipectinate in 

 both sexes, apex simple ; thorax hairy scaled, hairy below ; abdomen 

 scaled, somewhat tufted ; hind tibiae somewhat swollen, with hair 

 pencil in % , with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, strongly 

 angulate, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell ; hind wings strongly angu- 

 late, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. (48) SEPTEMBER. 1896 



