46 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



12. N. Plumigera, Fab.* Ernst, V. Pl.CXCV. f.257. a— d. 



13. — Bicolora, Fab. ... Ernst, IV. PI. CXXVI. f. 170. 



b— e. 

 14.. _ Velitaris, Hubn. . . Ernst, V. PI. CC. f. 264. a. b. 



15. — Melagona, HUbn. Ernst, V. PI. CC. f. 265. a— c. 



16. — Crenata, Esp Ernst, V. PI. CLXXXIII. f. 237. 



a — c. 



1 7. _ Dodoncca, Hubn.f Ernst, V. PI. CLXXXVII. f. 243. 



18. — Chaonia, Hubn.flErnst, IV. PL CXXVIII. f. 174. 



(7^o6o?75, Steph.)j a — f. 



19. _ Qfierna, Fab.f. ... Ernst, IV. PI. CXXVIII. f. 173. 



a — d. 



20. — Trcpida, Fab-t-.. Ernst, IV. PI. CXXVII. f. 171. 



a — e. 



Genus 34. 



small : thorax slightly crested : abdomen elongated, tufted at the a[)ex, 

 the tuft bifid in the male : anterior wings denticulated at the hinder 

 margin, the interior edge with two recurved tufts of elongate scales, the 

 basal one the largest ; posterior entire : legs moderate, downy j tibi<e 

 with spurs at the apex. Larva naked, smooth, without any dorsal 

 prominences, head very acute : pupa subterranean, folliculated." — 

 Steph. I. c. H. 28. 

 * Ptilophora, Steph. 



« p. — Palpi minute, enveloped in dense elongated hairs ; maxilkB very short. 

 AntemuB slender, of the males furnished with extremely long plumose 

 radii, of the females subserrated ; head densely pilose, small : ct/es 

 moderate : thorax not crested, pilose : abdomen scarcely elongated, 

 clothed with velvety pile, and slightly tufted in the male : tvings sub- 

 diaphanous, pilose ; anterior with the apex entire, the inner margin 

 obsoletely denticulated ; joo.s<mor entire ; legs short, robust, downy: 

 tibicB with minute spurs at the apex. Larva without dorsal protu- 

 berances : pupa subterranean, folliculated." — Steph. I. c. II. 29. 

 •(• Chaonia, Steph. 



" Ch. — Palpi very minute, slightly porrect, recurved at the base, pilose : 

 maxill^s extremely short. Antennce bipectinated in the males to the 

 apex, in the females subserrated and ciliated : head small, pilose, with 

 a distinct fascicle of hairs at the base of each antenna : eyes moderate: 

 thorax slightly crested : abdomen not elongated, clothed with short 

 down : wings opaque, squamous : anterior entire at the apex, with an 

 obsolete denticulation on the inner edge ; posterior entire : legs short, 

 downy : tibiee with spurs at the apex, anterior with a compressed spine. 

 Larva naked, without dorsal protuberances ; anal legs perfect : p«^ja 

 subterranean, foUiculated." — Steph. I. c. II. 30. 

 J Peridea, Steph. 



«« Pe. — Palpi very short, hairy, triarticulate, the basal and terminal joints 

 minute : maxilUc short. Antennce elongate, serrated, bipectinated nearly 

 to the a{)ex in the males : head small, pilose : thorax slightly crested, 

 robust, hairy : abdomen scarcely elongated, rather stout, slightly tufted 

 at the apex : thorax and bodii beneath very downy : legs short, stout, 

 densely clothed with hair anci down to the middle of the tarsi ; anterior 



tibicc 



