LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCEEA. ID 



Body slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending", ex- 

 tending a little beyond the head ; third joint truncate or acumi- 

 nated. Antenna slender, simple. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wing^s. Legs slender ; hind tibiag with four 

 long spurs. Wings raoderaiely broad. Fore wings hardly angular 

 at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



A. Palpi articulo .So acurainato. - - . Bryophila, Treit. 



B. Palpi articulo 3o truucato. - - Grammophora, Guen. 



Genus I. BRYOPHILA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi ascendeates, 

 caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i diinidio lon- 

 gior. Antennae graciles, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes graciles; tibia? posticas calcaribus quatu or lougis. 

 AlcB mediocriter latas ; anticoe apice vix angulatee, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo. 



Bryophila, Treit. Schmett. Eur. i. 57. Boisd. Ind. Melh. 96. 



Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. Herr.-Schcef. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



185. Guenee, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 324; Noct. i. 22. 

 Poscilia, (Sc/tranA ; Ocks. 



PcBcilia, Metachrostis, Euthales et Cryphia, H'dbn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Cryphia, Hdhn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 14. 

 Acronyctia, p., Meigen. 



Body slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending, 

 rising a little above the head ; third joint lanceolate, more than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae slender, simple. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, hardly angular at the tips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border ; Hrst and second inferior veins almost conti- 

 guous at the base; third hardly remote ; fourth proceeding from the 

 base of the wing. 



Europe. 



A. Alas anticcB albee, nigricante aut cinereo marmoraice. 



A. AlaB anticae fascia basali nigra completa. glandifera, W. V. 



B. Alae anticae fascia basali postice abbreviata. 



A. Palpi minus arcnati et ascendentes. - Perla, W. V. 



B. Palpi plus arcuati et ascendentes. - Peiluides, Guen. 



