EPIPLEHID.E. 121 



Family EPIPLEMIDJE. 



Proboscis and frenulum present. Fore wing wifcB vein 1 a 

 separate from 16; 1 c absent ; 5 from or from above the middle 

 of discocellulars ; 7 widely separated from 8, and usually stalked 

 with 6. Hind wing with two internal veins ; vein 5 from or from 

 above the middle of discocellulars ; 8 free from the base. 



Larvce with five pairs of prolegs and sparsely clothed with hair. 



Fig. 66. Larva of Epiplema latifasciata. |. (From Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 

 pi. 186, fig. 12.) 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Both sexes with uniseriate branches to 



antennae. 



a. The branches of antennae short and thick. 1. PARADECETIA, p. 122. 



b. The branches of antennae long 2. DECETIA, p. 122. 



B. Antennae not unipectinate. 



a. Both wings with the outer margin evenly 



rounded 3. AMANA, p. 123. 



b. Hind wing with the outer margin excised, 



angled, or tailed. 

 a'. Fore wing with veins 6 and 7 on a 



long stalk 



a 2 . Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 



stalked 4. OB.UDIZA, p. 124. 



6 2 . Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 



from cell. 

 a 3 . Fore wing with vein 5 from 



upper angle of cell 5. EPIPLEMA, p. 125. 



b 3 . Fore wing with vein 5 from 



below upper angle of cell. 

 a 4 . Hind wing with the outer 

 margin rounded, excised, and 

 produced to points at the 



veins 6. DIRADES, p. 132. 



b*. Hind wing with the outer 

 margin produced to a point at 

 vein 7, and straight from 

 thence to anal angle or angled [p. 135. 



at vein 4 8. METORTHOCHLLUS, 



V. Fore wing with veins 6 and 7 from 



cell or on a short stalk 7. GATHYNIA, p. 134. 



c. Hind wing with the outer margin nearly 



straight; the apex produced beyond 



the outer angle of fore wing 9. ATOSSA, p. 136. 



