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CATALOGUE OF 



Ennomos subsignaria, Guen. PhaL i. 284, 181. 



a — k. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 

 I — t. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Bedman's collection. 



Genus 43. HIMERA. 



Corpus robustum. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus, obtusus. Pro- 

 boscis gracilis. Palpi porrecti, brevisshni, caput non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us minutus. Thorax densissime vestitus. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae non incrassatae ; calaearia brevissima ; tarsi glabri. Alae 

 amplae, subdentatae ; anticae apice quadratae ; posticae rotundatae, non 

 angulatae. 



Colotois, p. Htibn. Verz. Schm. 288. 



Crocallis, p. Treit. 



Himera, JDup. Lep. iv. 169 ; Boisd. ; Steph. ; Herr.-Sch. ; Led. ; 



Guen. PhaL i. 181. 

 Metra, Steph. Cat. 



Body stout. Frontal tuft prominent, obtuse. Proboscis slender. 

 Palpi porrect, very short, not extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 minute. Antennae very deeply pectinated in the male, serrated in 

 the female. Thorax large, thickly clothed with cottony hairs. Pectus 

 densely clothed. Abdomen terminating in a diverging tuft in the 

 male, very thick in the female. Legs slender ; tibiae not incrassated ; 

 spurs rather short ; tarsi smooth. Wings ample, slightly dentated. 

 Fore wings quadrate at the tips. Hind wings rounded, not angular. 



1. HlMEEA PENNARIA. 



Cinereo-rufescens ; alee nigro conspersce, anticae lineis duabus obliquis 

 subarcuatis postice approximatis punc toque discali nigricanti- 

 bu%, gutta subapicali alba ; postica gutta discali lineaque exte- 

 riore vix conspicuis. 



-, Albin, Ins. pi. 43, f. 70 ; pi. 100, f. A— D. Wilkes, 



Pap. pi. 79. Harris, Engl. Lep. pi. 45, f. 9. Sepp, Ins. vi. pi. 



13. DeVill. Ent. Linn.'u. 297, 410. 

 Phalaena-Geometra pennaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 861, 209 ; Faun. 



Suec. 1231. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2456, 209. 

 Phalaena pennaria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 132, 14. 



