Geometridae of the Argentine Bepuhlic. 319 
Salpis (Mabille). 
Honorana, Butler, Tr. Ent. Soc. Loud., 1882, 365 (1882), 
riec Blanchard. 
Salpis, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix, 65 (1885); 
Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, vi, Lep. 22 (1888) (nov. syn.). 
Lasiops, Warren, Nov. Zool., ii, 143 (1895) (noin. praeocc.). 
Pseudosalpis, Staudinger, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr., ii, Lep. 
82 (1899) (nov, syn,). 
An interesting genus of rather stoutly-built moths, with 
densely hairy clothing, occurring chiefly in Chili, the 
southern Andes and the extreme south of South America, 
though one species is known from Peru. Except in the 
shape of the wings, it seems to come very near Macro- 
lyrcea, Butl., Tr, Ent. Soc. Bond., 1882, 349, but I do think 
it would be desirable to unite the two. On the contrary, 
the present genus will divide readily into at least three 
subgenera, which it is by no means improbable may later 
take full generic rank. 
That l)r. Butler misidentified Blanchard’s figure of 
Honorana notaturia,* the type of the genus Honorana 
seems to me certain, and Sir George Hampson and Mr. 
Warren are entirely in accord with me. What species 
M. Blanchard had before him remains at present a mystery, 
as nothing like it seems to be known; perhaps it is not 
even a Geometrid. The Honorana notaturia of Butler 
(vix descr.) will require a new name and an adequate 
diagnosis,'but the present is not the occasion; both it and 
Honorana aenea, Butl., Tr. Ent. Soc. Bond., 1882, 365, 
must be transferred to the genus Salpis. 
As I have given some attention to the genus, and have 
new species to introduce in each of its subgenera, a full 
generic diagnosis will not be out of place. 
Salpis, Mabille.—Face somewhat protuberant, densely 
rough-scaled; palpus I’ather long, densely haired (long¬ 
haired in most species), 3rd joint elongate, cylindrical or 
somewhat fusiform, with appressed scales; tongue strong; 
antenna long, in the typical section nearly as long as 
forewing. Thorax usually robust, pectus densely hairy. 
Femora hairy, hind tibia with all spurs present, $ hindtibia 
much dilated, with strong hair-pencil; tarsi strongly spinu- 
lose. Abdomen long, in $ stout. Wings densely scaled, 
* Blancliai’d, Gay’s Hist. Chile, vii, 92, tab. vii, 8. 
