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tibite moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal 

 segments. Forewing with the apex rectangular, the termen crenulate ; 

 veins 3 and o from near angle of cell : 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with 

 veins 3" 4 from angle of cell ; o obsolescent froni middle of discocellulars ; 

 6'9 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



179o. GORTYNA LEUCOSTIGMA. 



X'ictua leuco-'itif/mci, Hiibn., Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 375 (1808) ; 



Stand. Cat. Lep. pal, p. 186. 

 Xoctnaji/jro.sa, Hiibn., Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 385 (1808) Dup. 

 Lep. Fr. vii 1, p. 132, pi. 109 f. 4 ; Steph. 111. 

 Brit. Ent. Haust. iii, p. 7, 

 „ hmma, Haw., Lep. Brit. p. 209 (1809). 

 CeraHu Icsvis. Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 181. 

 Hydirecia Ichasiana, Moore, P. Z. S., 1881, p. 342, pi. 37, f. 5. 



Genus Hydk^tecia. 



Type. 



Croytijna, Ochs. Schmett. Ear. iv., p. 82 (1816) non descr. ; 



Hiibn. Verz., p. 232 (1827), nee. Treit. 1825 . . micacea. 



Hijdracia, Dup. Cat. Meth., p. 114 (1844) . . . . micacea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about 

 to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons 

 smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennge of male typically minutely serrate ; 

 thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the teguloe produced to a 

 slight dorsal ridge, the prothorax with sharp triangular crest, the meta- 

 thorax with spreading crest ; tibite moderately fringed with hair : abdomen 

 with some rough hair at base, dorsal crest on first segment and lateral fringes 

 of hair. Forewing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the 

 termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate : veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3' 4 from angle of cell ; 5 

 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6*7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with the cell near base only. 



1594. Hydrjsoia basalipuxctata. 



Genus Pykrhia. 



Type. 



Fyvrhia, Hiibn. Verz., p. 233 (1827) . . . . . . imrpurina. 



1598. Pyhrhia umbra. 



Xoctua umbra, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii., p. 294 (1767); Smith, Cat. 



Xoct. N. Am., p. 216 ; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 224. 



„ maryinata, Fabr. Syst. Ent., p. 610 (1775); Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 



pi. 119. f. 8; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii., 



p. 108. 



