98 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
Body slender; palpi porrected obliquely ; antennz simple, finely ciliated; thorax 
not crested ; fore wings horizontal, forming a triangle. 
ACOSMETIA Steph. Antuoruita p. Ochs. 5 sp. N. caliginosa Curt. 356. 
Palpi short, last joint minute ; antenne slightly pectinated ¢; head with a small 
frontal crest ; thorax not crested ; fore wings elongate-triangular, obtuse at tip, 
without stigmata. 
PHYTOMETRA Haw. Anruornita Ochs. 1 sp. N.aneaW. V. Hb. f. 350. 
Flight semidiurnal; palpi short, terminal joint slender, aciculated; antennz 
slender, filiform ¢ 9; thorax slender, not crested; fore wings entire, subtri- 
angular. 
STILBIA Steph. Puatawna Haw. 1sp. Ph. anomolata Haw. Curt. 631. 
Body slender; palpi short ; antenne simple, pubescent g; thorax not crested ; 
fore wings large, glossy, elongate, sublanceolate, stigmatiferous. 
OPHIUSA Ochs. AscatarHa Hb. 3sp. Ph. lusoria L. Curt. 475. 
Body slender; palpi stout, slightly recurved, last joint scarcely visible; thorax 
not crested ; abdomen tufted at tip ¢; fore wings broad, subtriangular. 
CATEPHIA Ochs. Puyromerra Haw. 2sp. Ph. leucomelas L. Ub. f. $03. 
Palpi forming a slight beak ; antennz long, slender, finely pectinated $; thorax 
slightly crested ; wings entire, forming a triangle ; larva 16-footed. 
MORMO Ochs. Hemicromerra Haw. 1sp. Ph. maura L. Don. 30. f. 1. 
Antenne simple, pubescent ¢; thorax crested ; abdomen crested ; fore wings de- 
flexed, forming a triangle, subtriangular; larva ciliated, 
CATOCALA Schr. Burruara Hb. 5 sp... Ph..nupta L. Curt. 217. 
Palpi porrected obliquely, last joint exposed; antenne slender; thorax sub- 
crested ; fore wings deflexed, forming a large triangle; larva ciliated. 
BREPHA Hb. Hemicrometra Haw. 3sp. Ph. Parthenias L. Curt. 121. 
Palpi very short, concealed ; head densely pilose; thorax slender, pilose; fore 
wings nearly horizontal, entire ; larva semigeometrical, ]6-footed. 
EUCLIDIA Ochs. Puytomerra p. Haw. 2sp. Ph. glyphica L. Curt. 659. 
Palpi rather short, last joint exposed; antenne short, simple, subpubescent ¢ ; 
thorax not crested; fore wings deflexed, entire, short; larva slender, 12- 
footed.* 
Family 10. GEOMETRIDZ Stephens. (Phalena Geometra 
Linn., Phalenide and Geometride Curtis.) 
Subfamily 1. Geometrides. 
PSODOS Tr. Psycoruora Kirby, 2sp. G. alpinata W.V. Curt. 424. 
Palpi porrected, very hairy; maxilla long; antenne thickened, simple; colours 
black, or dark ; wings short, rounded. 
SPERANZA Curt. Finonia p. Tr. 2sp. Ph. limbaria Fab. Curt. 225. 
Palpi very scaly; antenne ¢ slightly pectinated, except at the tip; anterior 
wings with a small tubercle near the base ; colours yellow or fulvous, with a 
dark border. 
FIDONIA Zr. Buratus? p. Curt. 4 sp. Ph. G. atomaria L. Donov. 248. 1. 2. 
Palpi minute, squamose ; maxilla moderate ; antenne ¢ bipectinated nearly to 
the tip; wings entire, irrorated. 

* Stephens describes this larva as 16-footed, and Curtis, attempting to correct 
Stephens in his observations on this genus, states that the larva is 14-footed, 
