2U 



svNn)Xin>.K 



6". rrulH>9<'iH proHcnt * 



witli vtiti S divcrfjing fnun 



tin' rrll fr..iii Iki,-m» .HJ Castnxada?. 



fy, AiiiiMiiia' filiform, rjin'ly 

 torniiiinlly (liliiti><l ; liiiul 

 wiiij; with vtMii H nppn)!- 

 )i]int(Ml to Iho coll nml oi)n- 



iiooIihI with if hv n bur 11 Zygaenidae. 



f'^. MnMU* npiirs of Iniid tiliiir or «it 

 Irnni oiu' well ilt'VrlojKxl. 



«" Palpi obtujM' 4'.». Tortricidic. 



/>". Palpi moro or Km acutt- .'»<\ Tincida*. 



n. Hiinl umi; uith the (x>ll ctiiittiiig inorv thnii 



a. Mavillarv palpi nnd liliitil itpiiri n)>MMit ;'>! Hepialid^. 



/». MdxiUarv piilpi Hinl tibial .npur* well ilo- 



vi<lo|Htl .VJ. Microplorygidae. 



1-aiiiily ^VN'IOMlD.r:. 



Proboscis ii>iually wrll drvrlojicti, but somctinuvs al>ortt'«l : p.ilpi 

 Bliort iirid j><>rro<t, lonp mid downciirvrd, or iipliirucd : frons 

 rouiidi'ii ; aiitouiKr siuiplr, ciliatrd, or bipod itiato, usually with 

 abort brancbos dilato<l at oxtrrtnity in botb soxoh ; tibi;c with tho 

 spurs short. Fore win<; u«'iially with the torniinal area broud ; 

 vriu 1 </ l'«»rmiiii; a fork with 1 />, 1 r abm'iit : ') lr<>m Iwlow middle of 

 discorcllulars ; 7 stalked with 8, J). Ilincl wiup small ; vtin 1 a often 

 absent ; 1 r absent ; S absent, randy ru«lim«'ntary and not reaching 

 costa; fnnulum present; retinaculum bar-shajM-d. 



A family of Motbs of small or me<lium size nnd semi-diurnal habits 

 derived from the Arctiadif, but usually with the faciea of the 

 /lfijtf))l(ltf\, from some of which, with vein <> of the hind winj; 

 absent, they are not very easily distinjijuisbable at first sight; but 

 these latter have vein H of the hind wing usually more or Iosh 

 separate from the cell and connect* d with it by a bar, and in the 

 fore winL!:s vein \c present and 7 from the cell. 



From the Arct'uulir they are to be distinguished by vein 8 of the 

 hind wing l)eing absent, but in Xanthopleura, AnaphUhia, many 

 species of Kuctnou, and a few other genera, it is present as an 

 aborted fragment not reaching the costa ; whilst in certain species 

 of the genus //f///.-rj'/o/a, which is best placed in the Arctindfw^ many 

 specimens have vein 8 rudimentary or sometimes entirely absent, 

 and a few have it represented by two or even three rudimentary 

 spurs from the ii]»ptr margin of cell, so that no very exact line can 

 be drawn between the two families. 



* In the Zygncnid subfamily Thaudhug the moulh-j>art8 are aborted. 



