AOy. PiECTES. 109 



the lines absent ; a subbasal black striga below the cell ; a black 

 discoidal spot; a more prominent postmedial patch of black irro- 

 ration between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing white, the margins 



Fig. 41. — Aon noduiformis, (^ . \. 



slightly tinged with brown, a slight blackish discoidal spot ; the 

 underside irrorated wir.h a few brown scales, a black discoidal spot. 

 Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 J. Exp. 34 millim. 



Genus PJECTES. 



Type. 



Tceotcs, Illibn. Verz. p. 248 (1827) pygmma. 



Ligura, Gtwen.'^oct.n. Y> 31)9(1852) lunodes. 



Orthndosfera, But). Trans. Enh. Soc. 1878, p. 70 devincia. 



Callingura, Butl. Eiitoiu. xxvii. p. 284 (1804) cristatrix. 



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

 to above vertex of head and fringed with liair in front and behind towards 

 extremity, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, 

 round ; antennae of male typically bipectinate with long branches to two-thii-ds 

 length, the apical part ciliated; i,horax clothed almost entirely with scales, the 

 prothorax V, ith spreading crest, the meta thorax without crest ; tibiie moderately 

 fringed with hair ; abdomen wilh dorsal ridges of scales on basal segments 

 and lateral tufts of hair but without crests. Fore wing with tlie apex rounded 

 the termen evenly curved, creiuilate ; 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. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of ceil; 6, 7 Irom 

 upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. {Callingura). Antennae of male bipectinate with long stiff branches 

 to two-thirds length, the apical thud ciliated: fore tibiae with tuft of 

 long hair from femero-tibial joint. V'^'-^''^ '*V 



A. Fore wi>ig with white fascia on median nervuro defined 



below by the black antemedial line which terminates at 



base on vein 1 cehece. 



B. Fore wing with oblique white mark below base of cell, 



the antemedial line angled inwards at vein 1 and out- 

 wards to inner margin. 



a. Fore wing witli the antemedial line angled inwards 



on vein 1 to near base psaltjohora. 



b. Fore wing with the antemedial line much less acutely 



angled inwards on vein 1. 

 a\ Fore wing with distinct white band before postmedial 



line cristatrix. 



6\ Fore wing without white band befure postmedial 

 line. 

 a^. Fore wing with the costal area to near apex and 



the medial area ochreous Icucoirigona. 



