Smith, Synopsis of Noctuide. -—11— 
D. Paipi porrect reaching to or shghtly exceeding base of antenne. 
I. VESTITURE HAIRY. 
§ Thorax tufted. 
Posterior tufts very large, truncate behind; abdomen with dorsal tufts. 
| Ypsia.”° 
§§ Thorax untufted. 
Abdomen with large, loose, hairy tufts: anterior legs of ¢‘ with dense, 
g, 
inner sinuate, with a decided projection % from base. Ophideres. 
with loose tufts at base only; primaries broad, outer margin 
oblique, waved or dentate: secondaries rounded or slightly produced 
at middle of outer margin. Erebus.” 
long, wooly hair; primaries elongate, outer margin slightly waved, 
with small scalv tufts on basal segments; cylindro-conic; ex- 
ceeding secondaries; wings proportionately small, widening outward- 
ly, apex acute. Aletia. 
untufted, depressed, with a truncate tuft of hairat tip: wings 
ample, 14 as broad as long, outer margin rounded. Amphipyra.” 
, cylindric: primaries proportionatety broader, apex 
acute: anterior tibia with a brush of long hair at inner side. TMrama. 
—, slender: wings with outer margin scolloped: prima- 
ries with apex obtuse, palpi flattened: thorax subquadrate. *Capnodes. 
-——— with small scaly tufts: primaries angulated. Anomis. 
2. VESTITURE SCALY. 
§ ‘Tongue short; weak. 
Palpi securiform, thorax short, globose, smooth: abdomen heavy; 
primaries pointed at apex, with a strong tuft of erect scales at base. 
*Lepidomis. 
§§ ‘Tongue strong. 
Wings with outer margins dentate; primaries elongate, triangular, 
costal and inner margins equal; outer rounded: legs stout, rather 
short; all tHe (¥‘ tibiae densely clothed with long hair. Homopyralis. 
— —— primaries broader; apex acute; outer margin oblique; 
inner % the length of costal: tibize as before. Selenis. 
Outer margin of wings entire: body slender: wings large; eyes not 
prominent; head not projecting. Hpizeuxis. 
— ——: body robust: abdomen sub-cylindro-conic; primaries 
comparatively small: head prominent, free; eyes globose. Syneda.”° 
: palpi divaricate, loosely held, disproportionately heavy; 
closely scaled; (j\ antennz with a slight tuft of scales inside, within 
basal third: legs closely scaled: wings like Reza, *Metanolita. 
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., June 1882, Vol. V. 
