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Spadicea. 



Harpe long, slender and pointed, without corona ; clasper 

 long, slender and twisted ; uncus flattened at the tip ; 

 vesica has a long cornutus at the base, a bunch of long 

 cornuti in the centre, and a bulbed cornutus above ; juxta 

 peaked, indented at the top. 



Epythpoeephala. From Eustace Bankes. 



Pencils present. 



Harpe long, slender and pointed; clasper long and slender; 

 ampulla forms folds or ridges into the cucullus ; uncus 

 simple ; peniculus on a peduncle ; vesica with large 

 cornutus, and bunches of long strong teeth ; juxta square 

 at the top. 



Dasycampa pubiginea. 



Harpe pointed, without corona ; cucullus divided ; clasper 

 a straight arm ; uncus parallel square tipped ; peniculus 

 produced ; vesica with huge cornutus, a band of teeth, 

 and a tiny cornutus ; juxta strong. 



Scopelosoma satellitia. 



Harpe with corona ; cucullus divided ; clasper irregularly 

 twisted ; ampulla antler shaped ; editum strong, clothed 

 with long hairs ; sacculus produced into a long arm on the 

 outer edge ; clavus rounded ; uncus tapered ; vesica with 

 short bulbed cornuti, and bands of teeth. 



Opopina cpoceago. 



Harpe pointed inwardly, with corona, anal angle pointed ; 

 cucullus not divided ; clasper long and curved ; uncus 

 simple, flattened at the tip ; sedoeagus with very large 

 scobinations at the orifice ; juxta peaked, emarginate in the 

 centre. 



The Xanthias present the difficulty of a genus 

 containing forms which from colour, and shape, are 

 obviously connected, and yet differ in their genital 

 construction. The two species aurago and citrago, are 

 closely allied ; silago might easily be included here, were 

 it not for the rare form of the uncus, which in this species 

 is bifurcate. Since leaving the early groups of the Noctuida 

 the uncus has been a single hook, but in silago for some 



