APAU8TUS; OARISMA; ADOPAEOIDES: ANCYLOXYPHA. By Dr. M. Draidt. 927 



P. quinquemacula Skinner is above blackish-brown with 3 white subapical dots and 2 postdiscal spots, quinquc- 



Beneath as above, hindwing with 2 large, white spots near the costal margin and 8 small white postdiscal dots. macula. 



Expanse of wings: 21 mm. New Mexico. 



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The autennae of this group are o£ a very ditferout shape, but never flawed; the ehib is either not curved or only slightly. 

 Palpal terminal joint either long and slender, bent across the vertex, or very short. The cell of the forewing is always 

 shorter than Vs of the costal margin: the uuddle radial rises nearer at the lower than at the upper, and at its base it is 

 mostly b?nt somewhat downward. Hindwing at the anal angle often somewhat prolonged, but never extended like a 

 tooth or even into a tail. The o never shows a costal fold, but very often a scent-scale stripe or several mostly below the median. 

 The doubly spurred posterior tibiae do not bear a hair-tuft, t'haracteristic is the way the wings are kept: while at rest 

 and in the sun the forewings are upwardly tucked o'ver, the hindwings expanded horizontally, the latter also upwardly tucked 

 over only when entirely at rest. This group comprises the lepidoptera being by far the most difficult to determine, often 

 exhibiting a most remarkable homoi;eneousness in their exterior. 



71. Genus: Apiiustus Hbn. 



Antennae very short with a moderately strong, straight chib. palpal terminal jnint lung and slender. 

 Distinguished bj^ the very long, slender abdomen projecting far beyond the hindwing. No scent-scales. 



A. menes Cr. (180 b). Blackish-brown with 3 yellowish subapical dots and a narrow yellow base of imufs. 

 the costal margin. Beneath the same, though lighter, at the apex of the forewing veined yellow, also the hind- 

 wing. Abdomen beneath whitish- Panama to Colombia. Guiana, Amazon. Brazil. 



72. Genus: Oar ism a Snldr. 



The antennae have only the length of % of the costal margin, but the obtuse club itself is very long. 

 The 2nd palpal joint is long-haired, the 3rd long and slender. Forewing at the apex a little stunted: abdomen 

 also here very long. 



0. powesheik Pack. (180 b) is lustrous dark yellowish-brown, fringes and costal margin of hindwing poirrshrilc. 

 dark brown. Forewing beneath reddish-yellow, at the proximal margin blackish-brown, hindwing greyish- 

 yellow, proximal margin broadly yellow, fringes at the anal angle white. North America to Mexico. — Specimens 

 from these southern habitats exhibit the hindwing in the distal-marginal half more or less reddish-yellow: 

 f. isidorus Plolz (180 b). isidoms. 



0. garita Reak. (=^ hylax Edw.) (ISOc) is smaller, with shorter wings of a darker colour. Colorado, gnriln. 

 Mexico. 



0. edwardsii Barnes. The description of this species was luifortunateh not accessib](^ to us. cdirdnkii. 



73. Genus: Adopaeoijles G. u. S. 



Distinguished from the preceding genera by the shorter antennal club. 



A. simplex G. d- S. (= prittwitzi Plotz) (180 c) is above reddish-yellow with a blackish margin, a blackish ximplr.r. 

 margin of the hindwing and a darkened base and proximal margiTi. Beneath plainly yellow with a black proxi- 

 mal margin of the forewing. Mexico. 



A. bistriata G. <t S. (J 80 c) resembles 0. poivesheik, but beneath on the hindwing it shows 2 white longi- hutriala. 

 tudinal stripes, the fringes are not white. Above the forewing exhibits a dark cell-end streak. Described from 

 Mexico. 



A. boeta Hev-. {-= bilineata Dogn.). We were unfortunately not able to find the description of this lincta. 

 species. 



74. Genus : Aiio^'lox;»j»Iia F/dr. 



Antennae as in Oarism-i. Palpi long, the 2iid joint loosely haired, the 3rd slender, somewhat upturned. 

 The slender abdomen projects somewhat beyond the anal angle. 



A. numitor i^. (= puer Hbn., maiginatus T/r;?-/-.) (180 c). The J is above on the foiewings dark brown, 'luniilor. 

 on the hindwings being bordered with black it is reddish-yellow; in the V also the forewing is reddish-yellow 

 with a broad black distal margin. Beneath yellow with a black disc and proximal margin. Atlantic States. 



A. longleyi French is more strongly built than numifor, the costal margin of the forewing is straighter. loiuilei/i. 

 the apex more pointed, the terminal joint of the palp somewhat longer. Above monotonously dark brown 

 with a slight blue reflection; hindwing yellow, margined with brown. Beneath almost as 7iumitor, but a little 

 darker, hindwings uni-coloured vellow. From Chicago. 



