the Oeometrina of the Euro}) can fauna. Ill 



86. ElLICRINIA, Hh. 



Face smooth. Tongue developed. Palpi short, porrectcd, shortly 



rough-scaled. Antennse in ^ shortly and evenly ciliated. Thorax 



hairy beneath. Femora glabrous ; posterior tibiae in (J not dilated, 



with all spurs present. Fore wings in ^ without fovea; 10 absent, 



11 occasionally connected with 12 and 9. Hind wings with 8 

 approximated to cell to middle. 



A development of Metrocampa, with affinity to Ourap- 

 tenjx. It is apparently restricted to the European 

 region. 



trinotata, Metz. 



siibcordaria, H.-S. 



cordiaria, Hb. {=^niq)taria, Brem.). 



cauteriata, Stgr. 



87. OuRAPTERYX, Leacli. 

 Face somewhat prominent, with short projecting hairs. Tongue 

 developed. Palpi moderate or rather short, porrected or ascending, 

 shortly rough-scaled. Antenna in ^ shortly and evenly ciliated. 

 Thorax densely hairy beneath. Femora hairy beneath ; posterior 

 tibise in g- more or less dilated, with all spurs present. Fore wings 

 in g without fovea ; 10 absent, 11 anastomosing or connected with 



12 and sometimes with 9 also. Hind wings with 8 approximated 

 to cell to near middle. 



A small Indo-Malayan genus, containing one European 

 species. It is a development of Metrocampa. 

 samhiicaria, L. 



88. Metrocampa, Latr. 

 Face smooth or with loosely appressed or projecting scales. 

 Tongue developed. Palpi short or moderate, porrected or sub- 

 ascending, shortly rough-scaled. Antennae in <y bipectinated, 

 apex (often 2 to 4 joints only) simple. Thorax hairy beneath. 

 Femora glabrous or rarely thinly hairy {honoraria) ; posterior tibiae 

 in (J sometimes dilated, with all spurs present. Fore wings in g 

 without fovea; 10 out of 9 or seldom separate, occasionally obsolete 

 at base and then apparently out of 11, 11 anastomosing or con- 

 nected with 12 and nearly always with 10 also. Hind wings with 

 8 approximated to cell to middle. 



A genus of some extent, ranging throughout the 

 northern hemisphere. It orignates from a form near 



