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Journal New York Ent. Soc. 



[Vol.. II. 



Black, wilh a quadrate pale yellow spot at end of cell and three 

 small oval spots below apex ; a minute white spot at base. Fringe 

 of secondaries white. 



/la/>//(7f,.CQk>rado [Holland]. 



Family LIPARID^":. 



S\'f/oJ>sis of genera. 



Cosla of primaries convex. 



Antennrc of (^ pectinated to the tip. 



Female wingless or with rudimentary wings . . . Notolophus. 

 Female with well developed wings. 

 Vein 5 of secondaries distinct: 

 Accessory cell present. 



Abdomen tufted at base with metallic scales . . . Olene. 



Abdomen untufted Dasychira, 



No accessory cell Porthetria. 



Vein 5 of secondaries weak or absent .... Acherdoa. 



Antennre of (^ pectinated for the basal two-thirds only . . Dyaria. 



Costa of primaries concave. 



Accessory cell present ; veins 7 — g stalked ..... Aon. 



Genus Notolophus Gcrmar. 



1 8 12 — XololopliHs Gkumak, ."^yst. Gloss. Piodr., p. 35. 



i%(yb —Micfopteroc^yiKi Ramuuk, Cat. Lep. Andalusie, p. 281 note. 



1876 — Apteroi^ynis GleiNee, Stat. Sci. d'Eure et Loire, p. 78. 



Synopsis of species. 



.Secondaries with more or less of a red-brown tinge. 

 Both wings red-brown. 



Fore wings nearly unicolorous ...... antiqua. 



Fore wings much paler centrally ...... vai-. badia. 



Fore wings only slightly reddish. 

 Secondaries reddish centrally. 



Markings faint ; size small ....... vetusta. 



Markings distinct ; larger ... ... gulosa. 



Secondaries with a very faint trace only of reddish .... cana. 



Secondaries gray or blackish, without any red tint above or below. 



Wings dark, heavily marked often tinged with ocherous . . definita. 



Wings light gray, seldom heavily marked. 



White spot near internal angle distinct .... leucostigma. 



While spot obsolete, markings faint .... var. obliviosa. 



N. antiqua fjintivus. 



1758 — Boinbyx antiqua LiNN.^;us, Syst. Nat., Vol. I, p. 503. 

 1865— 0;yi'/rt nova FiTCH, Rep. Ins. N. Y., Vol. VIII, p. 193. 



