74 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification of 



25. Peltjrga, Hh. 



Face with hardly projecting scales. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 rough-scaled. AntennfE in ^ shortly ciliated. Thorax with horny 

 rounded prominence anteriorly, crested posteriorly, beneath 

 glabrous. Posterior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings 

 with areola double. Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell 

 from near base to beyond middle. 



A special modification of Hydriomena ; the single 

 species ranges through Central Europe to Eastern Asia. 

 comitata, L. 



26. ASTHENA, HI). 



Face smooth. Palpi short, porrected, slender, loosely scaled. 

 Antennae in S' shortly ciliated. Thorax glabrous beneath. Pos- 

 terior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings with areola double. 

 Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell from near base to 

 beyond middle. 



A genus of a few scattered species, most numerous in 

 the Australian region ; it rises directly from Hijdriomena. 

 dilutata, Bkh. {= filigrainmaria , H.-S.). 

 murijiata, Sc. 

 candidata, Schiff. 

 *nyinphidata, Gn. 



27. EucHCECA, Hb. 

 Face smooth. Palpi short, porrected, slender, loosely scaled. 

 Antennae in S shortly ciliated. Thorax glabrous beneath. Pos- 

 terior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings with areole simple. 

 Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell from near base to 

 beyond middle. 



A development of Asthena, containing, besides the 

 following, a few American species and one Australian. 

 chionata, Ld. 

 hiteata, Schiff. 

 obliterata, Hufn. 

 *semistrifiata, Christ. 

 sylvata, Hb. 

 Blomeri, Curt. 



28. Operophtera, Hh. 

 Face smooth. Palpi short, porrected, loosely scaled. Antennae 

 in (J serrate, strongly ciliated with fascicles. Thorax glabrous 



