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LEPIDOPTEEA. 



Division II.— HETEROCERA. 



Group :3. NOCTUINA. 



Family 2. TRIFID^. 



Genus 5. AXYLIA. 



Antenna? thread-like, almost naked ; eyes naked ; lashes 

 prostrate and very faint ; thorax square, minutely crested ; 

 fascicles small ; abdomen smooth, short, and conical ; fore 

 wings narrow, oblong, with thickened costa, very blunt 

 behind, laid parallel when at rest. 



We have but one species. 



1. A. putris, L. — Expanse 1| to 1 i^ inch. Fore wings very 

 narrow, whitey-brown, with longitudinal dark brown streaks, 

 a dark brown stigma, and costa clouded with the same. 



Antennae of the male simple, very minutely ciliated, black- 

 brown ; palpi tufted, light brown clouded with umbreous ; 

 head whitish -brown, barred with dark chestnut and clouded 

 with brown ; collar whitish-brown faintly barred with bright 

 brown, and broadly edged at the back with rich dark 

 purple-brown ; remainder of thorax purple-brown or dark 

 umbreous mixed with whitish-brown ; with small crests at 

 the top and back, the tufts tipped and barred with dark 

 brown ; fascicles short and fugitive, whitish ; abdomen very 

 smooth, shining whitish-brown dusted with darker, lateral and 



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