PHAL.EXA. MOTH. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna setaceae, a basi ad i 

 apireni sensim attenuatae. 



Ala- (sedentis) saepius de- 

 flexa?, (volatu nocturne.) 



Antenna setaceous, gradu- 

 ally lessening from base 

 to tip. 



f rings (when sitting) gene- 

 rally deflex, (flight noc- 

 turnal. } 



Ji HIS genus like that of Papilio, containing a 

 number of species, is divided into assort- 

 ments, according to the different habits of the 

 animals. These assortments are as follows, viz. 



Attaci, or those in which the wings, when at 

 rest, are spred out horizontally. 



Bombyces, in which the wings are incumbent, 

 and the antennae pectinated. 



Xoctuce, with incumbent wings and setaceous 

 antenna?. 



Geometry, with wings horizontally spread out, 

 nearly as in the Attaci. 



Tortrices, with very obtuse wings, curved on 

 the exterior margin. 



Pyralides, with wings converging into a deltoid 

 and slightly furcated figure. 



