COSMODES. 17 



6 s . Palpi smoothly scaled ; hind wing 

 with vein 5 from middle of disco- 



eellulars Ampiitpyua, )>. 20. 



/'.Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 



• / s . Head and thorax clothed with rough 



hair and spatulate scales Ohoplexia, p. 510, 



6 s . Head and thorax smoothly clothed 

 with hair and hair-like scales. 

 a 9 . Frous with ridges of hair above 



and between antennae MimleucaN'IA, (2) p 285. 



b 9 . Frons without ridges of hair. 

 a 10 . Fore wing with the apex some- 

 what produced and acute Cw.yuxia. (>. 



b 10 . Fore wing with the apex rounded. Dicycla, p. 

 c*. Thorax clothed with hair only. 

 a'. Eyes small, reniform. 

 a s . Palpi extending about the length 



of head Ei'tricopis, p. 



J 8 . Palpi extending to just beyond 



frons Panemema, p. 



b>. Eyes large, round. 



a*. Abdomen dorsally flattened Bityla, p. 41. 



b 8 . Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 a 9 . Abdomen entirely clothed with 



rough hair Dapii.emka, p. 



I 9 . Abdomen with rough hair at base 

 only. 

 a lt >. Build stout. 

 «". Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 

 moderately fringed with hair • 



in front Exargta, p. 



A 11 . Palpi porreet, the 2nd joint 

 fringed with long hair below. 



a 12 . Fore wing narrow Cat,amia, p. 



6 12 . Fore wing broad Okta, p. 



Ii w . Build slender Hypocosna, ]>. 



< '. Abdomen smoothly scaled. 



u 1 ". Palpi upturned Ommatostot.,A, p. 



b 10 . Palpi porreet Hypocalamia, p. 



Genus COSMODES. 



lype. 

 Cosmocks, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 289 (1852) elegans. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about, 

 to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short ; irons 

 smooth; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost 

 entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibi;e 

 moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments 

 and large crest on 3rd segment. Fore wing with the apex rather produced and 

 acute, the termen excised to vein 3 where it is angled, then excised to tornus 

 where there is a scale-tooth ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; C>, 7 shortly stalked or from angle; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



3591. Cosmodes elegans. 



Pkcdmia elegans, Donov. Ins. New Holl. pi. 36. f. 5 (1805) ; Hudson, New 

 Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 33, pi. vi. f. 2. 



<$ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, whitish at tips ; 



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