520 



AGARISTIDiE. 



}r. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 long before angle of cell, 3 



from angle Alypiodes, p. 64:1. 



i*. Frons with rounded or somewhat 

 pointed prominence, 

 a'. Abdomen, pectus, and femora 



clothed with long hair Augyrolepidia, p. 550. 



h^. Abdomen, pectus, and femora 

 nearly smoothly scaled. 

 a^. Both wings with vein 3 from 



or from close to angle of cell ... Ophthalmis, p. 645. 

 h^. Both wings with vein 3 from 



well before angle of cell Longicella, p. 601. 



c*. Frons with long corneous spine. 

 a^. Frons with the spine tridentate . Paida, p. 588. 

 h^. Frons with the spine simple, 



truncate Arrothia, p. 585. 



d^. Frons with triangular corneous 



process notched at sides Pseudalypia, p. 634. 



Genus EUSEMIA. 



Type. 



Eusemia, Dalm. Mon. Castnia?, p. 26 (1825; lectrix. 



Episteme, Hiibn. Verz. p. 180 (1827) lectrix. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long 

 hair in front, the 3rd long, naked, porrect ; frons with truncate prominence, 

 with raised rim in front ; antennre almost simple, distinctly dilated before apex; 

 tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen of male with the claspers large. Fore wing 

 with veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 7 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 shortly 

 stalked or from upper angle. Abdomen of male with protrusible lateral tufts of 

 long hair from 4th segment. 



A. Hind wing orange or red. 



a. Patagia without yellow patches. 



a}. Tegulae and patagia with small yellow spots connexa. 



h^. Tegulre and patagia with small white spots. 



a^. Hind wing with the terminal band excised and 

 narrow on apical area. 

 a^. Both wings with more or less developed sub- 

 terminal spots vetula. 



b^. Hind wing without subterminal spots conspicim, 



0', Hind wing with the terminal band expanding 

 greatly on apical area. 

 «^. Fore wing with elongate white postmedial spots 



and no subterminal spots bisma. 



b^. Fore wing with one or two yellow spots beyond 

 the cell and a subterminal series of white 

 spots 



b, Patagia with yellow patches. 

 a}. Hind wing with the terminal black band not ex- 

 panding between veins 2 and 4. 



a^. Abdomen with the extremity of anal tuft orange . maculatrix. 



P. Abdomen with the extremity of anal tuft black ... nipalensis. 

 b^. Hind wing with the terminal black band expanding 



between veins 2 and 4 lectrix. 



