HARRISON G. DYAR. 



Genus STAUROPUS Germar. 



1812. — Stauropus Germar, Syst. Gloss. 45. 

 1818.— Terasi on Hubner. Verz. bek. Schmett. 147. 

 1855.— Nefria Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. vi, 1504. 

 1877. — Hupodonta Butler, Anu. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xx, 475. 

 1892. — Stauropus Harapsou, Moths of India i, 149. 

 1892.— II Pheosia Hampsou, Moths of India i, 160. 

 The anteunsB of the % may be pec^tinate with the terminal fourth filiform, or 

 fasciculate; of 9 , pectinated or ciliate. 



Type *S^. fagi Linn. The other species are sikkima and macidatus 

 Moore, with the antenna fasciculate and a Iterniis Walk., slkkimensis 

 Moore, dentilinea Hamps., apicalis Moore, viridemens Walk, (type 

 of Netria), pallldifascia Hamps., albivertex Hamps., /asciaftt Moore, 

 griseus Hamps., orbifer Hamps., basiniger Moore, vinaceus Moore, 

 plagiviridis Moore, moorei Dyar (Pheosia fasciata Moore), pulcher- 

 rima Moore (^type of Hapodoida , cvciirvata Hamps., grisea Svvinhoe, 

 strigata JVIoore. 



The larva of the type is grotesquely humped and has long tho- 

 racic and anal feet, assuming positions in mimicry of a spider; the 

 larvae of alternus and of sikkmiends is similar ; that of viridescens, 

 however, is smooth, thickest in the middle like Heterocampa, green 

 with purple and yellow marks ; that of moorei has also a long dorsal 

 process on the first abdominal segment. 



Genus GL.ITPHISIA Boisduval. 



1829. — GlnpMsia Boisduval, Ind. Meth. 56. 



18J2. — II 3IeHa Neumoegen, Can. Ent. xxiv, 225. 



1893. — II Eumelia Neumoegen, Can. Ent. xxv, 25. 



1893. — Ceruridia Packard, Psyche vi, 502. 

 The palpi are very short and obscure. Wings moderately broad, the apex rect- 

 angularly rounded ; vein 5 from the middle of the cross-vein, weak on secondaries, 

 6 from the apex of the cell, 7-10 stalked, no accessory cell ; 6 and 7 of secondaries 

 on a long stalk, 8 close to 7 to near end of cell. Male antennae pectinated to the 

 tip, female simple. 



Type G. crenata Esper. The other species are septentrionali^i 

 Walk., formosa Hy. Edw., albofascia Hy. Edw., severa Hy. Edw. 

 (type of 3felia and Ceruridia), Ihitneri Grote. The larvae are smooth, 

 green, without any humps. 



Genus ZAJVA Walker. 



1855.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. vii, 1700. 

 1892.— Hampson. Moths of India i, 144. 

 Type and sole species, Z. ligiiom Walk. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIV. (2) JANUARY, 1897. 



