LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 477 



Psodos venetaria, Treit. Schm. vi. 259, 4. Dup. Lep. v. 536, pi 

 208, f. 6. Herr.-Sch. Fur. Schm. iii. 103, 278, pi. 72, f. 444, 



Pygmaena venetaria, Boisd. Ind. 230, 1939. Guen. PhaL i. 322, 

 507. 



Psodos canitiaria, Fret/. Beitr. pi. 125, f. 4. 



Colutogyna fuscaria, Lederer. 



Alps of France and of Switzerland. Lapland. 



Genus 31. EXELIS. 



Mas. Corpus squamosum, vix robustum. Proboscis brevis. 

 Palpi crassi, squamosi, frontem vix superantes, articulis indistinctis. 

 Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen apice quadratum subtrifidum. Pe- 

 des squamosi, subplani ; tibiae posticae lemoribus vix longiores, cal- 

 caribus quatuor approximatis robustis. Alae integrae, spissae ; an- 

 ticae oblongae. 



Exelis, Guen. PhaL i. 323. 



Male. Body squamous, hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 thick, squamous, hardly extending beyond the front ; joints indis- 

 tinct. Antennas broadly pectinated. Abdomen quadrate and sub- 

 trifid at the tip. Legs squamous, slightly flattened ; hind tibiae 

 hardly longer than the femora, with two pairs of stout approximate 

 spurs. Wings entire, robust ; fringe long. Fore wings oblong. 



1. EXELIS PYROLAKIA. 



Mas. Violaceo-cinerea ; alee oblongce ; anticce lineis tribus nigris, 

 la arcuata, 2a Zaque sinuatis valde approximatis , puncto dis- 

 cali, linea submarginali nulla ; posticce bilineatce. 



Exelis pyrolaria, Guen. PhaL i. 324. 



North America. 



Genus 32. MNIOPHILA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis gracilis, brevissima. Palpi fili- 

 formes, disjuncti, brevissirai. Antennae maris pectinatae. Thorax 

 rotundatus. Pedes breves ; tibiae posticee bicalcaratae, femoribus 

 vix longiores. Alae integrae ; anticae oblongag, pulverulentae ; pos- 

 ticae rotundatae, pallidiores, vix lituratae, alas posticas superantes. 



Tephronia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 317 ; Herr.-Sch. ; Lederer, 

 Mniophila, Boisd. Ind. 200; Dup. ; Guen. PhaL i. 324. 



