( :50 ) 



II. Tliorax unci 1i\l;s vory i'iHii;h with erect 

 liair-scalefi, tongue long . 

 Tliorax aud legs not rough with erect 

 liair-scales ..... 



r. rilil'er normal, with the ordinary yel- 



lowisli brown bristles 



I'ilifer with bristles and scales, or tlie 



bristles all modified 



«•. Mesotarsal comb strongly developed, 



tongne long ..... 



Mesotarsal comb absent or vestigial 

 X. American ...... 



Oriental ; (brewing more than ."iO mm. 



li'ug 



Oriental ; forming less than 40 mm. long 

 y. First tarsal segment short, with a few 

 long stout spines, ])arouychiiim 

 without lobe ..... 

 First tarsal segment short, with a few 

 long stout spines, paronychinm 

 with one lobe .... 



z. Tongue longer than the body, mesotarsal 

 comb present .... 



Tongue shorter than the body, meso- 

 tarsal comb vestigial or absent 

 a. Paronychium with lobes ; eye lashed ; 

 America ..... 



Paronychium with lobes ; eye not lashed; 

 Australia ..... 

 Paronychium without lobes ; eye not 

 lashed ; America .... 

 h' . Abdomen black and white at sides, or 

 tibiae scarcely with any spines 

 Abdomen almost uniform iu colour 

 c'. Hindwing above greyish olive-brown . 

 ,, „ ferruginous 



XXI. Em-ii<jlottii. 



XIX. Protoparce. 



XXII. Ajjocalijpsis. 



XXIII. Pseudodolbina. 



XXVIII. Isoparce. 



<:'. 



XXIX. Nannoparce. 

 a. 



XXXI. Neogene. 



XXXII. Coenotes. 



XXX. Dicfi/osoma. 



XXXIV. Hyloicus. 



XXXV. Lapara. 

 XXVII. Ceratomia. 

 XII. Dovania. 



m 



V. XANTHOPAN gun. uov. — Typus : nwrgnid. 



Mwmsllii Walker, List hij,. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 198 (1H.')6) (partini). 

 Proloiniicr, Butler (»«h Burmeister, 186(5), Tmn.i. Znul. Si>r. I.iiinl. ix. p. 606 (1H77). 

 Amphmii/T, Ploetz («<>« Poey, 1832), Stell. ICnI. Zeit. .\U. p. 77 (1880) ; Mosclil., Ahh. Scd: Naiurf. 

 Geg. XV. p. 70 (I8;tO); Auriv., Enl. Tiihlr. xiii. p. 18.^ (I8'J2). 



(??. Pilifer much longer than geual process, which is rounded; tubercle of 

 labruni obtuse, truncate in front. Tongue much longer than the body, carinate 

 laterally at the extreme base. Palpus peculiar : not scaled space of internal surface 



