CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



Tribe 10. GEOMETRITES. 



Corpus saepissime gracile. Ocelli nulli. Proboscis longitu* 

 dine varia, saepissime tenuis et divisa. Palpi graciles, raro longis- 

 simi. Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antenna? variae, graciles, nun- 

 quam nodosa?. Thorax brevissimus, saepissime rotundatus, non 

 cristatus ; tegulae breves. Abdomen maris vix unquam crassum, 

 non cristatum. Pedes longi, glabri aut subpilosi ; tibiae posticae 

 saepe incrassatae. Alae amplae, tenues, saepe concolores liturisque 

 non diversis. 



Geometrae, Boisd.; Agassiz. 

 Geometrida, Leach. 

 Geometridae, Sleph. 

 Geometrites, Newm. 

 Phalenites, Guen. 

 Geometrina, Stainlon. 



Body very generally slender. Ocelli wanting. Proboscis 

 variable as to length, almost always slight and divided. Palpi 

 slender, rarely very long. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae 

 variable, slender, never nodose. Thorax very short, generally 

 rounded, not crested ; tegulae short. Abdomen of the male almost 



