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b^. Palpi smoothly scaled ; hind wing 

 with vein 5 from middle of disco- 



cellulars Amphipyra, p. 26. 



b7. Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 a^. Head and thorax clothed with rough 



hair and spatulate scales OROPLE.tiA, p. 510. 



b^. Head and thorax smoothly clothed 



with hair and hair-like scales. 



a9. Frous with ridges of hair above 



and between antennae Mimleucania, p. 



b^. Prons without ridges of hair, 

 fti". Fore wing with the apex some- 

 what produced and acute Cai.y.mnia, p. 



610. Fore wing with the apex rounded. Dicycla, p. 

 f6. Thorax clothed with hair only. 

 a'. Eyes small, reniform. 

 a8. Palpi extending about the length 



of head Ei TRicopis, p. 



b9. Palpi extending to joint beyond 



fi-ons Pane.meria, p. 



b'. Eyes large, round. 



«8. Abdomen dorsally flattened Bityla, p. 41. 



b^. Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 «9. Abdomen entirely clothed with 



rough hair Daph.encra, p. 



b^. Abdomen with rough hair at base 

 only, 

 a'". Build stout, 

 a'l. Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 

 moderately fringed with hair 



in front Enargia, p. 



fell. Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint 

 fringed with long hair below. 



(7.12. Fore wing narrow Calamia, p. 



b^'^. Fore wing broad Oria, p. 



b^". Build slender Hypoccena, p. 



c9. Abdomen smoothly scaled. 



aio. Palpi upturned Ommatostola, p. 



^1". Palpi porrect H ypocalamia, p. 



Genus PHiEOPYRA, nov. 



Type, P. novaguinensis. 



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

 middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes 

 large, rounded ; antennte of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; head and 

 thorax smoothly clothed with scales, the prothorax with spreading crest, the 

 metathorax with slight crest ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen 

 with some rough hair at base and dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with 

 the apex rounded, the termen slightly crenulate ; 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 ; the stigmata with slight tufts of raised scales on their 

 edges. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from 

 below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



A. Head, tegulte, pectus, and legs rufous cMoeropis. 



B. Head, tegulae, pectus, and legs grey-white mixed with 



bro w n novagubun sis. 



