12 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Genus 56. PHLOGOPHORA*, Treitsch. 



Antenncc long, setaceous, slightly pectinated on the inner side. 



Wings indented ; anterior rounded or angular, generally va- 

 riegated with brilliant colours. 



Bod}j, thorax crested. 



Larva rather long and slender, with a small tubercle on the 

 anal segment; delicately marked with longitudinal and 

 transverse lines ; feeds chiefly on low plants. 



Pupa foUiculated ; metamorphosis subterranean. 



Fam. a, — Wings involuted when at rest, crenate; the anterior 



marked with brilliant colours. 

 Faim. B. — Wings rounded, less involuted, subdeflexed ; only 



the cilia crenate. 



Faim. A. Species. Icon. 



1. V\A. Adulatrix, Hiibn. Hiibn. Noct. Tab. 111. fig. 517. 



(foem.) Tab. 142. fig. 649. 

 650. (mas.) 



2. — &2;!a, Hiibn Hiibn. Noct. Tab. 14.. fig.68.(foem.) 



Tab. lOl.fig. 475. (mas.) 



3. — Meticulosa, Linn. Ernst, VII. PI. CCXC. f. 487. 

 Fam. B. 



4. VU.Litcipara, Linn... Ernst, VII. PI. CCXCII. f. 491. 



5. — Fovea, Treitsch.f 



6. — Empyrea, Hiibn. Ernst, VII. Pl.CCLXVILf.426. 



Genus 57. MISELIAJ, Treitsch. {Curtis.) 

 MrsELiiE, Hiibn. 



Antenncc insei'ted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, 

 long, setaceous, robust in the males, sometimes pro- 

 duced on the inside; covered with scales above, pube- 

 scent beneath, basal joint cup-shaped, the scales extend- 

 ing far beyond the edge. 



Maxilla: spiral, setaceous, not longer than the antennae, fur- 

 nished with tentacula at the apex. 



Labial palpi short, purrected somewhat obliquely, thickly 

 clothed with scales excepting the terminal joint, which is 

 almost naked ; 3-jointed, basal joint rather robust, 2nd 

 long and not so thick, 3rd elongate obovate. 



* <t>'K(,^Jtammn, ((if^aferi). 



\ Phi. alis anticis purpurascentibus lucidis, fascia nigra, stigmate postico 

 niaculaque marginis interioris fiavis : posticis cinereis, fovea pelliicida in 

 mare. — Ochs. Treitsch. V. jiars I. p. 380. 



t Mifjn i<din, ' Hfiio; Sol, 



Head 



