24 Lord Walsingham's monograph of the genera 



purplish, and also in the brighter red of the anterior 

 wings. 



ERETMOCERA, Z. = STAINTONIA, Stgr. = EXODOMORPHA, 



Wlk. CASTORURA, Meyr. 



Eretmocera (B) Eretmocera, Z., Handl. Kong. Svensk. 

 Ak., 1852, 96. 



(epsTftos, remus ; xspag, antenna) . 

 Type, <y ? . Eretmocera fuscipennis, Z. 



" Eretmocera. 



li Char, essent. Caput laeve. Antennae uno latere squamis pili- 

 formibus alatae, apice nudo. Alee elongatae. 



" Char. nat. Antennae uno latere dense squamato-pilosae, pilis 

 sensim longitudine acutis, apice nudo. Capilli appressi, fronte 

 rotundata. Palpi labiales mediocres, recurvi, articulo terminali 

 longiore, tenui, acuto. Haustellum mediocre spirale. Alae elon- 

 gatae ciliis longis, posteriorum angulo anali subnullo. Abdomen 

 breviusculum, crassum, planiusculum. Pedes robusti, tibiarum 

 spinae longiusculae. 



" (B) Eretmocera. Antennae paulo ultra medium usque pilosae, 

 pilis brevioribus. Pedes squamis non nodosi. Abdomen utrinque 

 squamis marginatum. 



" Genus hoc Oecophorce eampartem, quae esperellam, seleniellam, 

 chenopodiellam, etc. continet, cum Elachistis ceratella, modes- 

 tella, etc. conjungere videtur. Distinguitur ab utrisque antennis 

 non simplicibus, sed a basi ultra medium in latere exteriore pilosis, 

 palpis longioribus, abdomine latiore." 



= STAINTONIA, Stgr., Stett. Ent. Zeit., XX., 250 (1859). 

 Type, $ ? . Staintonia medinella, Stgr. 



" Caput obtusum, squamis appressis. Ocelli nulli.* Antennae 

 crassae, in ^ pubescenti-ciliatae. Palpi labiales adscendentes, re- 

 curvi, acuminati. Haustellum longum, basi squamatum. Alae 

 anteriores elongatae ; posteriores angustissime lanceolatae, cellula 

 media aperta, costa media interiore tripartita, costa media exteriore 

 tripartita. Abdomen depressum, squamis lateralibus erectis. 



"Dem genus Butalis am niichsten ; besonders durch den von 

 oben nach unten sehr stark zusammengedruckten Leib, dessen 

 Kander durch grosse seitlich abstehende Schuppen gezahnt 

 erscheinen, verschieden. Die Fiihler sind bedeutend dicker als 



* This is an error. I find ocelli present in my specimens 

 received from Dr. Staudinger. 



