AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 6 



Head entirely rough-haired. Maxillary palpi well developed, polyarticulate 

 and generally plicate ; very rarely (Tineola, Tenaga,) rudimentary. 

 Antennae never exceeding length of forewings, basal joint not dila- 

 ted into an eyecap. Vein 7 of fore wing to costa. Hind wings with 

 vein lfi simple at base (except Breckenridgia) : le often absent. 



Tineiiise. 

 Subfamily Amydkiinve. 



Head entirely rough haired (Amydria, partim), or scales more 

 or less closely appressed, at least the face, occiput generally more or 

 less rough, either in a whirl each side behind the eyes, or a border 

 of coarse, erect or recurved hairs. Tongue and maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Labial palpi well developed, ascending, rarely (Apreta) 

 with the third joint depressed ; second joint with a brush of stiff 

 hairs {Amydria), or simply thickened with scales beneath, and with 

 stiff seta? along the outer margin, flattened in Setamorpha ; third 

 joint flattened (except Amydria, partim and Paraneura). Antenna? 

 nearly as long as the forewings (except Amydria) ; simple, or rarely 

 biciliate in the male (Paraplegia) ; eyes generally small, not very 

 prominent. Forewings elongate elliptic to lanceolate, 12 or 11 

 veins, 7 to costa, or rarely to apex ; \b furcate at base. Hindwings 

 ovate to ovate lanceolate, about as wide as the forewings. Cilia not 

 exceeding 1. Legs of moderate length ; tarsal joints rarely ( Apreta, 

 Epichceta i with an apical whirl of spinules. 



The species, with few exceptions, present a rather uniform and 

 characteristic habitus. The general coloration in almost all, some 

 shade of ochreous, with dark markings, the latter rather variable 

 and rarely sharply defined. It should be noted that the present sub- 

 family is nearly equivalent to Lord Walsingham's subfamily Seto- 

 morphinse,* but as his definition would exclude the genus Amydria 

 I prefer the term here adapted. 



The genera recognized are distinguished as follows : 



Second joint of labial palpi with hair brush beneath ; fore- and hindwings with 



all veins present and free Amydria. 



Second joint of labial palpi thickened beneath with scales; third joint flattened: 

 veins not all free. 

 Third joint of labial palpi erect, smooth, or with a few isolated setae. Joints 

 of hind ta'rsi without apical whirl of spinules. 



Antennae of male biciliated ; head rough-haired I'araplcsia. 



Antennae of male not biciliated ; scales of face and vertex more or less 

 appressed. 



* African Micro-Lepidoptera, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., 1901. p. 81. 



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