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marked characteristic. The front is very much shortened and the 

 lower part protruded so the proboscis seems to come directly in front 

 of and between the eyes. The venation also is peculiar, 11 being 

 on a stem with 7, 8, 9 and 10, and so far out as to be at its base 

 nearer the end of the wing than the base of the stem. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



Palpi erect, recurved 1. Wlecoceras. 



Palpi porrect, or subascending 2. Almodes. 



1. ]miE€0€ERAS Guen. 



Phal.i, 388, 1857. 



Type nitocris Cram. 



Palpi erect, recurved, exceeding head, not long scaled, end mem- 

 ber short ; front with a scale tuft ; tongue developed ; antennae very 

 long, bipectinate in S , subdeutate in $ , with two spinous hairs at 

 the end of each segment ; legs very long, slender, the hind tibiae with 

 two pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 sepa- 

 rate, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 on one stem; hind wings 3 and 4 from a 

 point, 6 and 7 short stemmed, 5 undev^eloped. 

 Species. — M. nitocris Cr. 



2. AI^MODEiS Guen. 



Phal. i, 389, 1857. 



Type terraria Guen. 



Palpi rather long, porrect or ascending, slender, rather heavily 

 scaled ; front scale tufted ; tongue developed ; antennae very long, 

 bipectinate in % ; legs very long and slender ; hind tibiae with two 

 pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate; 7, 

 8, 9, 10 and 11 on a stem ; hind wings 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 

 7 short stemmed, 5 undeveloped. 



Species. — A. terraria Guen. (rivularia Grt.) 



MELANCHROIIN^. 



Only one genus, the typical one of this subfamily, has been found 

 in the United States, if, indeed, that has been found here. In our 

 catalogues several species are enumerated, and it is possible all may 

 be found in the extreme south of Florida, but I have been able to 

 find no record of the capture of any of them save cephise Cram, 

 within our limits. 



This subfamily had always been regarded as Lithosian till its larva 

 was discovered, which showed it to be a true Geometer. It is, how- 

 ever, not typical, as the base of vein 8 of hind wings is scarcely 

 bent, and is not angulated. 



The species are brightly colored, as a rule, and decidedly showy 

 in appearance. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. (49) SEPTEMBER, 1896. 



