450 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 22. BBONCHELIA. 



Corpus robustum. Frons conveva. Proboscis longa, valida. 

 Palpi lati, ascendentes; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae maris 

 late pectinatae, apice nudae. Abdomen maris longissimum sub- 

 cristatum, foem. apice obtusum. Tibiae posticae plus minusve 

 incrassatae, calcaribus apicalibus breviusculis. Alae amplae ; posticae 

 plus minusve dilatatae. 



Broncbelia, Guen. Phal. i. 286. 

 Epimecis, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schm. 31. 

 Boarmia, p., TreiU; Dup. 



Body stout. Front convex. Proboscis long, robust. Palpi 

 broad, ascending ; third joint extremely short. Antennae of the 

 male broadly pectinated to three-fourths or to seven-eighths of the 

 length. Abdomen very long and slightly crested in the male, ob- 

 tuse at the tip in the female. Hind tibiae more or less incrassated ; 

 second pair of spurs rather short ; tarsi slightly spinose. Wings 

 ample. Fore wings hardly dentate. Hind wings more or less 

 prolonged hind ward and dentate. 



North America. 



The two following species differ from nearly all the more 

 southern Bronchelice, in the fore wings being less elongated or with 

 the exterior border less oblique, and in the hind wings being less 

 prolonged hindward. 



1. Bronchelia liriodendfaria. 



Albida (mas) aut albido-cinerea (foem.) ; alee fusco conspersce et 

 nebulosce, linea exteriore nigricante dentata albido marginata^ 

 fascia media nigro-fusca, linea submarginali albida angulosa ; 

 anticce linea interiore dentata. 



Phalana hortaria? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 138, 31. 



Geometra hortaria? Hubn. Geom. pi. 29, f. 153. 



Epimecis hortaria ? Hubn. Verz. Schm. 315, 3041. 



Phalaena liriodendraria, Abbot and Smith, Lep. Georg. ii. 203, 



pi. 102. 

 Boarmia hortaria, TreiU Schm. i. 202, 6. Dup. Lep. iv. 394, pi. 



163, f. 1. 



