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Genus DASYIiOPHIA Packard. 

 1864.— Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 362. 

 1894. — Neumoegen aud Dyar, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi, 200. 

 Palpi long, obliquely ascending, exceeding the vestiture of the front. Head 

 with an erect tuft, most distinct in the type ; anal tuft short, scarcely bifid ; vena- 

 tion as in Schisura, but the accessory cell shorter and sometimes degenerate. 



Type D. anguiiia Sm. and Abb. Also thyatiroides Walk. 

 The larva is smooth, brightly marked with longitudinal lines. 



Genus SYMMERISTA Hiibner. 

 1818. — Siymmerista Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 248. 

 ISba.— Edema Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. v, 1028. 

 Palpi and head tufts as in Dasylophia, anal tuft slight, simple. Male antennfe 

 shortly pectinated at basal two-thirds; of female, simple; vein 5 arises above the 

 middle of the cell, accessory cell small, 6 from its apex. 10 from beyond it; on 

 secondaries veins 6 and 7 from a long stalk, 8 close to 7 to near end of cell. 



Type S. albifrons Sm. and Abb. Also packardii Morrison. 



The larva is smooth, shining, with conspicuous longitudinal lines. 



Genus SOxlIERA Walker. 

 1855.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. iv, 882. 

 1892. — Hampson, Moths of India i, 153. 



Type and sole species, S. viridifusca Walk. 



Genus 9fERI€E Walker. 

 1855.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. v, 1076. 



1894. — Neumoegen and Dyar, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, 187. 



Palpi ascending, hairy below, exceeding the front. Head not tufted ; a high 



crest on thorax ; no anal tuft; vein 5 from the middle of the cross-vein, accessory 



cell long, 6 from its under side, 10 from just beyond its tip; veins 3 and 4 of 



secondaries separate, 6 and 7 stalked ; antennfe pectinated to the tip in both sexes. 



Type and sole species, N, bidentata Walker. 



The larva is whitish with oblique green lines on the sides, a double- 

 tipped hump on each abdominal segment. 



Genus XADATA Walker. 

 19,00.— Nadata Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. i, 1062. 

 1869. — II Alastor Boisduval, Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg xii. 87. 

 189i.—Nadata Neumoegen and Dyar. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, 185. 

 Palpi short, porrect; thorax with a high crest; no anal tuff, vein 5 from the 

 center of the cross-vein, accessory cell moderate, 6 from its lower side very near 

 base, 10 from beyond the tip ; on secondaries veins 6 and 7 stalked ; outer margin 

 of primaries even, but crenulate. 



Type and sole species, N. gibbosa Sm. and Abb. 



The larva is smooth, green, covered with white granular dots. 



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