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AGARISTA. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Antenne extrorsum crassiores, ad apicem acuminate 
3 
abrupte uncinate. 
Palpi supra lineuam contigui, articulo penultimo com- 
pt sup S 
presso, squamoso, antice hirsuto; ultimo cylindrico: 
nudo. 
Obs. Genus incerte sedis. Habitus prorsus noc- 
tuarum sponse, nupte, &c. nec alarum pterigostiis 
ullo modo distinctis. _Caput trunco multo angustius. 
Antenne ad basin inter se dissite. Abdomen ano 
barbato. ‘Tibie postice calcibus quatuor subobtusis 
per paria inserte, interiornbus longioribus. 
AGARISTA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Antenne thicker towards their extremities, their points. 
acuminated and abruptly hooked. f 
Palpi meeting above the tongue, the second joint com- 
pressed, squamous, hairy before; the last joint cylindric,. 
naked. 
The situation of this curious genus (which agrees in 
habit, and as far as I can distinguish, in the nervures. of 
the wings also, with noctua sponsa and its affinities) is very 
doubtful. The head is much narrower than the trunk, and 
the antenne are inserted at a distance from each other. 
The extremity of the abdomen is tufted. The binder shanks 
are provided with two pair of somewhat obtuse heels, as in 
the noctue above-mentioned, but the internal ones are 
longest. 
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