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with the median nervure pectinated above ; the cell long : vein 3 

 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anasto- 

 mosing with S. 



(1) BoNCHis MrNiTALis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 55, pi. 6. 

 f. 13. W. Indies ; Honduras. 



fVurna instntctalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1189. 

 Zarania cossalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1262. 

 fGazaca dirutalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1274, 



Type. (2) Bonchis scopaeioides, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 128. 



Trinidad ; Brazil. 



Genus Anemosa. 



Anemosa, Wlk. xix. 849 (1859). 



Palpi rostriform, downcurved at extremity, thickly scaled, and 

 extending about three times length of head, frons with a sharp 

 tuft of hair. Antennae of male bipectinate, with short branches ; 

 tibiae thickly scaled. Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 

 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; the discocellulars highly 

 angled; 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked and curved; 10, 11 free. Hind wing 

 with vein 3 froiji before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; the disco- 

 cellulars highly angled ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 60. 



Anejnosa isadasalis, (J . 

 Type, t Anemosa isadasalis, Wlk. xix. 849. 



Genus Ctjeicta. 



Australia. 



Curicta, Wlk. xxxiv. 1129 (1865). 



Palpi of male upturned to vertex of head, the 3rd joint fringed 

 with long downcurved hair in front, of female extending about 

 three times length of head, the 2nd joint obliquely porrect and 

 fringed with hair above, the 3rd long, naked, and downcurved ; 

 frons smooth ; antennae simple ; tibiae naked. Fore wing with 

 the costa arched at base ; the apex acute and falcate ; the outer 

 margin excised from apex to vein 5, where it is strongly excurved ; 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell : 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 free; male with a glandular 

 swelling at base of costa below fringed with long hair and enclosing 

 masses of tlocculent scales. Hind wing Avith vein 3 from near 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 free. 



