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under side. In the specimens from Amboina and Ceram, 

 which agree best with Cramer's figure, there is only one white 

 dot near the middle of the hind-wings beneath. 



FAMILY XVIII. CYLLOPODID^E. 



This is an exclusively American Family of rather small 

 slender-bodied Moths, usually expanding under i^ inch. 

 They have long wings, and are generally black and yellow 

 in varying proportions ; or black with a red longitudinal 

 stripe traversing each wing, as in Josia t Hiibner, and its 

 allies. 



They were formerly classed as Lithosiida, or as forming 

 part of a Family called Chrysaugida^ the typical members 

 of which are now removed to the Pyrales^ while others formed 

 part of an ill-defined Family called Melameridce, some of which 

 have now been ascertained, by the discovery of their meta- 

 morphoses, to be Geometra. The antennae are simple, or 

 slightly pectinated in the males. These Moths fly by day. 



GENUS CYLLOPODA. 



Cyllopoda, Dalman, Anal. Ent. p. 102 (1823). 



Chrysauge, Group 2, Flavinia, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit 



Mus. ii. p. 369 (1854). 

 Chrysauge^ Group 3, Scaptia^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. 



Mus. ii. p. 376 (1854). 



These are slender-bodied black and yellow Moths, with long 

 wings, and pectinated antennae in the males. They greatly 

 resemble Butterflies of the genus Chamalimnas^ Felder, 

 belonging to the Lemoniid^ which are found in the same 

 countries. 



