LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 811 



Subtribe 4. PLICATE. 

 Plicatae, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 412. 



Fam. 1. SCOPAEID^l. 



Corpus gracile. Caput thorace vix angustius, postice bicristatum . 

 Palpi povrecti, rostriformes. Antennae subpubescentes. Abdomen 

 glabrum, subdepressum, alas posticas superans. Pedes longi, glabri, 

 graciles. Alae non hyalinae nee iridescentes ; anticae angustae, longse, 

 nebulosae, apice obtusae, lituris bene determinatis ; posticae latae, 

 plicatae, lituris nullis. 



Scoparidae, Guen. Belt, et Pyr. 412. 



Body slender. Head almost as broad as the thorax ; front not 

 tufted on the fore part, but furnished hind ward with two crests. 

 Palpi porrect, rostriform. Antennae finely pubescent. Abdomen 

 smooth, slightly depressed, extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 long, smooth, slender. Wings not hyaline nor iridescent. Fore 

 wings narrow, long, clouded, obtuse at the tips, with very distinct 

 markings. Hind wings developed, broad, plicate, without markings. 



A. Palpi porrecti. 



A. Antennae longse. - - 1. Stenopteryx, Guen. 



B. Antennae breves. 



a. Palpi fasciculati. - 3. Scoparia, Haw. 



b. Palpi non fasciculati. - •• 4. Dosara, Walk. 



B. Palpi ascendentes. 



A. Palporumarticulus3us2i dimidio brevior. 2. Hellula, Guen. 



B. Palporum articulus 3us 2i dimidio non brevior. 



5. Da v ana, Walk. 



Genus 1. STENOPTERYX. 



Corpus sat gracile. Ocelli distincti. Proboscis robusta, brevis. 

 Palpi porrecti, rostriformes. Palpi maxillares vix conspicui. An- 

 tennae longae, graciles, maris subsetosae. Abdomen attenuatum, alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Pedes glabri, longissimi, gracillimi. Alae 

 longae, angustae ; anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo subconvexo. 



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