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Nigra. From G. 0. Day. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona, cucullus not divided, 

 strongly spined at the anal angle ; clasper with small club 

 shaped projection ; ampulla strong and curved ; clavus 

 produced and rounded ; uncus simple ; vesica with a large 

 bunch of teeth, and a bulbed cornutus. 



Cleoeeris viminalis. 



Harpe without corona, spinose; clasper elbowed, terminat- 

 ing with a round flat plate ; ampulla an arm extending 

 towards the cucullus ; uncus squat tongue shaped ; vesica 

 with bunch of teeth, a bulbed cornutus, and a comb of 

 teeth ; juxta strong. 



Valeria oleagina. (See the Plusida). 



Miselia oxyaeanthse. 



This extraordinary asymmetrical form with its bifurcate 

 uncus, is a complete study, and most difficult to understand. 



Left harpe, long and narrow, rounded on the margin, 

 without corona ; the clasper angulated at the base, where it 

 meets the sacculus, is short and elbowed ; right harpe long 

 and narrow, just above the sacculus it throws out a long 

 curved arm ; clasper long and curved ; uncus deeply cleft- 

 forming two lobes ; vesica with a bunch of teeth, and a 

 number of strong cornuti ; juxta a thickened plate ; 

 vinculum very long. 



Bimaculosa. (See the Cucullias). 



Agriopis aprilina. 



Harpe without corona, costal margin folds over, nearly to 

 the anal angle, forming a sort of cup ; clasper strong and 

 tapered; uncus simple; the membrane of the vesica clothed 

 with short spines ; juxta cleft and squamose, particularly 

 at the back of the eedceagus. 



Euplexia lucipara. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona; cucullus divided, and hairy; 

 below the cucullus is an angular plate, sharply pointed 

 outwards, the harpe again projects to a peaked shoulder ; 

 the clasper is long and almost straight, with a second short 

 arm at the base ; clavus peaked and scobinated ; uncus 

 tongue shaped ; vesica contains a long transparent tube. 



