4'5'i Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



5. Amp. Alpinaria, Hiibn.* Hiibn.Geom. tab. 34-. f. 178. (mas. 



tab. 99. f. 513.(foem.) 

 6. — Hispidaria, ¥a.h.f* ...Hiibn. Geom. tab.34-. f.l77. (mas.) 

 7. — Pomonaria, Hiibn.f ...Hiibn.Geom. tab. 34. f'180.(mas.) 

 8. — Zonaria, Hiibn.-j- Hiibn.Geom. tab. 34. f.l79. (mas.) 



tab.99.f.5]l.(foem.) 



Genus 97. PSODOS, Ochs., TreitscJi. 

 (PsoDOS, Duponchel. Psycophora, Kirby, Stephens.) 



Palpi ver}- haiiy, projecting beyond the forehead. — Maxillce 

 long. Ground-colour of the xvi}igs and bodj/ black, or very 

 dai'k ; the latter slightly hairy, and slender. 

 Species. Icon. 



l.Vso. Alpinata, Hiibn.|§ Hiibn.Geom. tab.3S. f. 197. (mas.) 



2. — Torvaria, Hiibn Hiibn. Geom. tab. 71. f. 366. 367. 



(mas.) 368. 369. (foem.) 



3. — Horridaria, Fab Hiibn. Geom. tab.60.f. 3 12. (foem.) 



4. — Venetaria, Hiibn Hiibn.Geom. tab.64.f. 329. (mas.) 



5. — Trepidaria, Hiibn.§ ...Hiibn. Geom. tab.66.f.343. (foem.) 



Genus 98. FIDONIA, Ochs., Treitsch. 



(FiDONIA, LiGIA, StRENIA, HaLIA, NuMERARIA, HlBERNlA, 



Duponchel. 

 FiDONiA, BuPALus, Anisopteryx, Lampetia, Grammato- 



PHORA, AziNEPHORA, CHEniATOBIA, HercYNA, HyRIA, 



Stephens. 

 BuPALUs, Speranza, Curtis. 

 Wings entire, rounded ; sprinkled with dark, minute specks, 

 like dust. — Body slender ; back narrow. — Larva stout in 

 proportion to its length, with generally bright coloured 

 dorsal and lateral stripes. — Metamorphosis in a thin web, on 

 the ground, or at a small depth below the surface. 



* Nyssia, Duponchel. — " Antennce pectinated in the males, simple in the 

 females. — Terminal margin of the luings simple. — T/inrax broad, woolly. — 

 Wings thick and small in proportion to the body. — Head sunk beneath the 

 thorax. — Abdomen large, conical. — Palpi velvety, not projecting beyond 

 the forehead. — MaxillcB wholly, or nearly wanting, — Females apterous. — 

 Larva cylindrical, slightly attenuated at each end, sometimes smooth, some- 

 times with little tubercles, each carrying a single h7i\r; head hemispherical. — 

 Pupa naked, in the earth." — Duponch. I. c. p. 283. The Nyssije are di- 

 stinguished from the Amphidases (which they very much resemble), not 

 only by the females being apterous, but also by the hemispherical head of 

 the larvaj, which live also exclusively on trees ; whereas the larvae of the 

 latter feed, apparently, in preference on herbaceous plants. 



f Amphidasis, Stephens. % Psonos equcstrata, Duponchel. 



$ PiYcoPHORA, Stephens. 



l.Fid. 



