Smith, Synopsis of Noctuidie. -—19— 
Primaries elongate, narrow, crambiform: form slight; thorax short: 
abdomen depressed, exceeding secondaries Senta. 
Form slight: thorax proportionately stout, convex: primaries mod- 
erate, with acute apices: secondaries narrow, exceeded by the cylind- 
rical abdomen. Amolita. 
-—— robust, compact: abdomen short, heavy: vestiture divergent; 
rather thin and silky: wings small; primaries widening outwardly, 
with sub-acute apices, depressed costal and oblique outer margin. 
Melicliptria.” 
abdomen elongate, conic; closely scaled: wings broad; 
primaries triangular; costal margin sinuate, apex subacute: legs 
closely scaled. Poaphila. 
——: ——— short, heavy: wings long and broad; prima- 
ries with acute apices and oblique outer margin: legs with long wooly 
hair. Zotheca. 
+7 Thorax tufted, abdomen untufted. 
Ccllar acutely produced at middle; an elevated acute, longitudinal 
crest behind: abdomen somewhat depressed: primaries narrow, sub- 
equal; outer margin excavate beneath apex; rounded at middle. 
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Plastenis. 
Thorax with an elevated crest behind collar, reaching to base; pri- 
maries long, apex rectangular; hind wings rounded. Chariclea.”* 
posterior tuft: primaries moderate, broadening out- 
wardly; apex acute, outer margin slightly excavate beneath; rounded 
at middle: anterior angles of secondaries slightly produced. Hydroecia,”” 
: primaries yery narrow at base, widening very strong- 
ly outwardly; outer margin oblique, rounded; hind angle somewhat 
produced, inner margin sinuate. Calymnia. 
low and divided: abdomen with loose hair at base: pri 
maries narrow, elongate, somewhat retracted at hind angle. Acronycta. 
not divided: head broad, close to thorax; third palpal 
joint long and slender: tongue moderate: vestiture shaggy coarse. 
*Lathosea. 
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++} Thorax and abdomen tufted. 
Head closely retracted; collar slightly elevated, thorax depressed, 
with a posterior tuft: primaries elongate, narrow, slightly retracted 
at hind angles. Hyppa.” 
Head more free: thorax with anterior and posterior divided tufts: 
primaries as before. Hadena.” 
Thorax as before: primaries narrow, outer margin rounded at middle; 
apex rectangular: abdomen exceeding secondaries. Helotropha. 
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe., July 1882, Vol. V. 
