NEOGALEA, / 



/A Thorax cJothed with hah- with a few 

 scales mixed, and wdthout distinct 



crests BuYOMiJCA, p. 386. 



c<'. Thorax clothed with hair and hair- 

 like scales and with spreading crests 



on pro- and metathorax Blepiiaridia, p. 394. 



d<'. Thorax clothed with hair only and 

 without distinct crests. 

 a''. Fore wing with the termen crenu- 



late Triciioridia, p. 400. 



5'. Fore wing with the termen evenly 



curved Dasysteexum. p. 407. 



;^ Abdomen without dorsal crests. 

 a^. Eyes small, reniform. 

 «'. Thorax clothed Avith hair and 



scales Sympistis, p. 412. 



6'. Thorax clothed with hair only Hypsopiiila, p. 418. 



b*^. Eyes large, rounded. 

 a'. Thorax clothed chieily with scales. 

 a'^. Fore wing narrow, the apex pro- 

 duced Hypomecia, p. 94. 



5'^. Fore wing broader, the apex and 



termen rounded Homoiiadena, p. Itb 



i'. Thorax clothed with hair and hair- 

 like scales. 

 a^. Thorax clothed with rough hair 



and hair-like scales Momapiiana, p. 199. 



b^. Thorax smoothly clothed with 

 hair and hair-like scales. 

 «■'. Prothoras with divided crest ... Austramathes, p. 492. 

 i'-*. Prothorax with lai-ge spreading 



crest HiLLiA, p. 224. 



c". Prothorax with slight crest Litiiolomia, p. 222. 



€'■. Thorax clothed with hair only. 



«*. Thorax with ridge-like crest Cosmia, p. 497. 



b^. Thorax without crests. 

 flO. Palpi upturned, reaching vertex 

 ot head. 

 aW_ Fore wing narrow, the apex 

 somewhat produced, the ter- 

 men obliquely curved Caffristis, p. 227. 



5'0. Fore wing broad, the apex and 



termen rounded Dasythorax, p. 426. 



69. Palpi porrect, short Homogl.ea, p. 513l 



Genus NEOGALEA, nov. 



Type, N. braziliensis. 



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

 scaled in front ; frons with slight rounded jjrominence with corneous plate 

 below it ; antennas of male nearly simple ; head and thorax clothed with scales, 

 only, the tegulaj produced behind into a hood aud to a dorsal ridge ; tibiae 

 broadly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. 

 Fore wing with 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 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 

 ■6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomoshig with the cell near base only. 



