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tibife fringed with hair on outer side ; claspers and anal tuft large. 

 Forewing with the costa arched at base, then nearly straight ; male 

 with a glandular swelling at base of costa below fringed with long 

 hair ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 1 1 free. Hindwing with vein 3 from 

 near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



Type. LoPHOPALPi.\ tauperalis, Leech, Entom., xxii., Japan, Pulo 

 1889, p. 70, pi. iv., fig. 11 Laut. 



Genus Omphalocera. 



Omphalocera, Led., Wien Ent. Mon., 1863, p. 339. 

 Omphalomia, Swinh., A. M. N. H. (6), xiv., p. 140 

 (1894). 



Proboscis well-developed ; palpi porrect, downcurved, thickly 

 scaled and extending about the length of head ; maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; frons with a sharp tuft ; antennas thickened ; tibiee 

 slightly hairy ; abdomen with dorsal tufts. Forewing broad, the 



Omphalocera accersita, $ , i (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



costa arched near base and towards apex which is rounded ; male 

 with a glandular fold fringed with long hair at base of costa below ; 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; G from upper 

 angle ; 7 from 8 before 9 ; 10, 1 1 free. Hindwing with vein 3 

 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked. 



Sect. I. (Omphalocera). — Antennae of male with a sinus 

 near base of shaft enclosing a vesicular tuft of 

 scales. 



Type. (!)• Omphalocera cariosa, Led., Wien Ent. 



Mon., 1863, p. 3.39, pi. G, fig. 12 . . U. S. A. 

 (2). -j-Omphaloceua dentosa, Grote, Bull. U. S. 



Geol. Surv., vi., p. 272 ( ? ) . . . U. S. A. 



Sect. II. {Omphalomia). — Antennae of male with no sinus 

 and tuft. 



