CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



Tribe 10. GEOMETKITES. 



Fam. 3. (ENOCHIIOMID.E. 



Corpus crassum. Frons pilosa, non fascioulata. Proboscis 

 robusta. Palpi validi, recti ; articulus 2us glaber ; 3us squamosus, 

 ovalis, bene determinates. Antennae validae, maris pectinatae, apice 

 acutas et filiformes. Thorax subquadratus,lanuginosus. Abdomen 

 crassum, laeve, subdepressum. Pedes robusti, breves ; tibiae femori- 

 bus vix longiores ; posticae non incrassatae, calcaribus approximatis 

 brevissimis. Alae densae, velutinae, non angulatae, saepissime uni- 

 lineatae aut bilineatae, fimbria brevi ; anticae acutae. 



(Eneochromidae, Gtien. Phal. i. 183. 



Size large or very large. Body thick. Front villose, not 

 tufted. Proboscis robust. Palpi stout, straight ; second joint with 

 smooth hairs ; third squamous, ovate, very distinct. Antennae 

 stout, pectinated in the male, filiform and acute at the tips. 

 Thorax subquadrate, woolly. Abdomen thick, smooth, slightly 

 depressed. Legs robust, short ; tibiae hardly longer than the 

 femora ; hind tibiae not incrassated, with approximate and very 

 short spurs. Wings stout, velvety, not angular, generally with one 

 or two lines; fringe short. Fore wings acute. 



B 



