94 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
MYTHIMNA Steph. Pu. Noctua L. 4sp. Ph. N. turca L. Hub, f. 218. 
Body elongate; fore wings broad, acute at tip, slightly deflexed, stigmata 
obliterated ; palpi short, ascending; eyes pubescent; thorax slightly crested ; 
antenne finely ciliated. 
SEGETIA Steph. Caraprina p. Curt. 2sp. N. Xanthographa W.V. Ub. £.138. 
Wings slightly deflexed; fore wings short, obtuse, rounded behind ; antenne 
ciliated g ; palpi slightly ascending; eyes naked. 
CARADRINA Ochs. Nocrvua p. Haw. 11 sp. N. cubicularis W. V. Hb. f.417. 
Body rather slender ; wings glossy, slightly deflexed ; thorax subcrested ; antennz 
ciliated $ ; palpi subporrect, slightly ascending. 
GRAMMESIA Steph. Caravrina p. Curt. 2sp. N. bilinea Hb, Curt. 651. 
Palpi short, scarcely ascending ; fore wings obtuse, with transverse lines; thorax 
stout, woolly ; antenne ¢ serrated. 
GLAA Hubn. Crrastis Ochs. 4 sp. No. rubricosa W. V. Curtis, 268. 
Body depressed ; wings glossy, incumbent, entire ; fore wings chestnut-coloured ; 
antenne simple ; palpi very short, horizontal ; thorax tufted in front. 
SCOPELOSOMA Curt. Gumap. St. sp. Ph. satellitia Linn.  Cwrt. 635. 
Fore wings dentate, elongated, incumbent; palpi very broad, scarcely reaching 
beyond the head, last joint concealed ; antennz setaceous, hirsute. 
AMPHIPHYRA Ochs. Pyrornita p. Hb. 1 sp. Ph. pyramidea L. Don.193. 
Palpi recurved above the head, last joint very long; antenne slightly ciliated ; 
thorax not crested; fore wings denticulated, incumbent. 
PYROPHILA Sé Ampnieyra p. Tr. 2sp. Ph. tragopoginis Linn. Hb. f. 40. 
Palpi recurved, last joint short, stigma wanting; antenne very slender; wings 
incumbent, glossy, entire. 
DYPTERYGIA St. Xyrena D. Ochs. 1sp. Ph. pinastri L. Don. pl. 347. 
Palpi ascending ; ‘antenne very short, simple ; thorax with a dorsal crest ; wings 
incumbent ; fore wings short, broad, subdentate. 
LEMURIS Hb. Nenia Steph. 1sp. Ph. typica Hb. f. 61. 
Palpi rather long, porrect, ascending, the two basal joints clothed with long 
scales; thorax crested before and behind ; wings incumbent, slightly dentate. 
XYLINA Tr. Xvytena p. Ochs. 5sp. Ph. putris L. Hb. f. 245. 
Fore wings elongate, sublinear, obsoletely dentate, incumbent; thorax crested ; 
palpi short, slender, subhorizontal ; antennz simple. 
RHIZOLITHA Curt. Nocrua Haw. 10sp. N, Lambda F.? Haw. Ub. f. 242. 
Palpi porrected horizontally ; head tufted; thorax crested; abdomen tufted at 
tip; fore wings with the hind margin subangulate, incumbent ; posterior 
margin rounded. 
LITHOMIA Hubn. Xyrrna Ochs. Isp.  Solidaginis Hb. Curt. 683. 
Palpi porrected obliquely; third joint slightly exposed at tip; antenne 
setaceous ; thorax tufted behind; fore wings very closely deflexed, long, 
narrow. 
CALOCAMPA St. Xyuina p. Curt. 2sp. Ph. exoleta L. Curt. 256. 
Fore wings long, narrow, incumbent; palpi short, with the last joint concealed ; 
eyes naked; thorax slightly crested; antenn short, stout. 
XYLOPHASIA St. Xyztena B.Ochs. 9sp. Ph. polyodon L. Hb. f. 82. 
Body with a large tuft at the tail; fore wings broad, deflexed, hinder margin 
subdenticulated ; palpi slightly ascending, last joint exposed; antenne 
slender, 
