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Genus 14. CISSUSA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi breves. Antennae simpHces, corpo- 

 ris (limidio pauUo longiores. Aloe latiusculae ; anticse apud costam 

 rectas, apice rotundatcf , margine exterioie sat obliquo vix convexo ; 

 posticae abdomen paullo superantes. 



Body rallier slender. Palpi short. Antennae simple, a little 

 more than half the length of the body. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips; exterior border 

 moderately oblique, hardly convex. Hind wings extending a little 

 beyond the abdomen. 



1. CissusA Spadix. 



Nigro-fusca ; abdomen ferruginosum ; alee anticcB guttis duahus 

 suhapicalibus nigris, fasciis quatuor rufescentibus, 3a abbre- 

 viata, 4a marginali ; postica cinerece. 



Phalsena-Noctua Spadix, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 149, pi. 275, f. F. 



Virginia. 



Fam. 3. APAMID^. 



Proboscis distincta. Palpi distincti, ascendentes. Pedes 

 validi ; tibise non spinosoe. Alae anlicce obscure, deflexae. 



Noctuidoe, p., Boiad. 

 HadenidoB, p., Boisd. 

 Orthosidffi, p., Boisd. 



Size small, or moderate. Proboscis short, or hardly long. 

 Palpi often of two colours, not long; second joint pilose. Antennas 

 crenulated or ciliated. Thorax robust, often crested. Legs stout ; 

 tibias not spinose. Fore wings oblong, rather thick, with distinct 

 markings. 



Apamidae, Gueii. Noct. i. 119. 



Xylinidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 500. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep.S\. 

 Apamidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 237. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 84. 

 Hadenidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 201. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lev. 91. 



