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Thcria rupicapraria, Hb. 63 



This species has some resemblance to pictaria in both 

 sexes. It is curious that the wing parts and time of 

 appearance have not suggested an affinity. 



Valva simple; from the base of the costa spring a pair 

 of serrated, scobinate plates. Uncus curious, long, slender, 

 with a well developed hard chitinous hood behind. 

 ^Edoeagus slender, pistillate. Juxta bifurcate, pointed, 

 strong, with spines at either side. Saccus very long, 

 pointed. 



Ovipositor beautifully clothed with long, curled, 

 clavate scales, floricomus. Ostium weak, with small 

 operculum. Bursa very small, rounded. Signum irregular, 

 pointed. 



Aleucis pictaria, Curt. 34 



Valva short, simple. Uncus long, hooked; pads hairy. 

 Gnathos a ring, atrophid. ^Edceagus short, curved. 

 Cornutus strong bulbed. Juxta bilobed, peaked. Saccus 

 elegantly pointed. 



Ovipositor beautifully clothed with long curled clavate 

 scales, floricomus. Ostium weak, with small operculum. 

 Bursa pointed and ribbed at the extremity. 



Gnophinse. 



Valva rounded. Uncus generally weak. Gnathos strong, 

 often narrow. Costal arm produced, set with socketed 

 spines. Female irregular. 



Aspilates strigillaria, TV. 64 



Valva peaked, simple; costa short, peaked. Uncus strong, 

 tapered; pads hairy. Gnathos rudimentary only free at 

 tips which are separated. /Edoeagus short, branched, with 

 long hooked arm at orifice. Saccus rounded. 

 Ostium produced. Signum cup-shaped. 



Gilvaria, Fb. 64 



Valva rounded, wider above, asymmetrical; costal arm 

 produced with two hamulate spines; right harpe, a dentate 



