LEPIDOi'TKHA. 5 



(the three spots on the micldlc of tlic wiiii;', and tlic three transverse 

 lines, vary only in intensity or sliarpness of design) ; posterior whiijs 

 rather hroad, of dinc/i/ colours {Cutocala and a few others dilfer, forming 

 a section more allied to the Geonietrina). 



Though few woukl mistake a jS'octaa for a Bom/jj/x, it is not 

 easy to detiiie in words distinctive characters which shall be con- 

 stant. 



4. GE0.M1:TRINA, Stainton. 



Gcoinctr<c, Bolnduvat. 



Geouietrida\ SU-phem ; llcrrick-S'c/ea/Jer. 



AideuHce selacecc (siC])e cilial;e ;iut peetinattu), thorace loiKjlores. Ocetll 



nidli. 

 Corpus (jracile. 



Fedes postici mediis sensbii loiujlores. 

 AlcB ampl(e, tenerce, posleriores Icete eoloratcc. 

 Larva pedib us 10 Instrueta. 



Aatenncc setaceous, frequently cilial(>d or ]oectinatci!, tonger than the 

 thorax. Ocelli none. Bodi/ slender {Boannia and liiston. have tlie body 

 thick, and thereby resemble the Bomlji/eina, from which they are however 

 distinguished by the larvre). Jl'ings broad, of slight si met are, the pos- 

 terior (jaihj coloured (those species wliich liavc tlu^ posterior wings 

 covered in repose have only the rudiments of markings on the project- 

 ing inner margin). Larva icilh ten feet (in some there are one or two 

 ])air more of ill-developed ventral feet ; otherwise the larva gives the 

 most certain character of this group). 



.5. PYRALTDIXA, Staiutun. 



Crand)ides, Ilerrich-Sehajfer. 

 I'yraliiles et Cran)l)i(!es, (ha'ite'e. 

 Pyralida; ct Crandndie, Stephens. 



Antennce setacece, rarius pectinatcc, thorace plus daplo longiores. Ocelli 

 plerisque. 



Corpus (jracile, elongatuni. 



Fedes elowjati, posleriores reliquis lougiores. 



Alee loiigius triangulares, rarius sul/parallelo', mediocriter ciliat<r, posle- 

 riores picta-, tribus rarius dn.abus venis suljdorsalibus liOeris. 



Antenna: setaceous, but rarelg pectinated (Ilerniinia), hiore than twice 

 the length of the thorax. Ocelli in most (the ocelli are wanting in Cata- 

 chjsta lernnalis, the. Gullerire, Anerastia, vXc). Jlodg slender, elongated. 

 Legs long, the posterior longer than the others. II ings rather long, tri- 

 angular, rarelg subparallel {e.g. the Uallerice, I'hgcidecE, and many 



