LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 19 



Body slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the head ; third joint truncate or acumi- 

 nated. Antennae slender, simple. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly angular 

 at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



A. Palpi articulo 3o acuminato. - Bryophila, Treit. 



B. Palpi articulo 3o truncato. - - Grammophora, Guen, 



Genus I. BRYOPHILA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi ascendentes, 

 caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio lon- 

 gior. Antennae graciles, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatu or longis. 

 Alas mediocriter latae ; anticae apice vix angulatae, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo. 



Bryophila, Treit. Schmett. Eur. i. 57. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 96. 



Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. Herr.-Sehceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



185. Guenee, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 324; Noct. i. 22. 

 Poecilia, Schrank ; Ochs, 



Poecilia, Metachrostis, Euthales et Cryphia, H'dbn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Cryphia, H'dbn. SammL Exot. Schmett. i. 14. 

 Acronyctia, p., Meigen. 



Body slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending, 

 rising a little above the head ; third joint lanceolate, more than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae slender, simple. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind 

 tibia? with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, hardly angular at the tips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border ; first and second inferior veins almost conti- 

 guous at the base; third hardly remote ; fourth proceeding from the 

 base of the wing. 



Europe. 



A. Alee anticae albse, nigricante aut cinereo marmoratae. 



A. Alas anticae fascia basal i nigra completa. glandifera, W. V. 



B. Alae anticae fascia basali postice abbreviata. 



a. Palpi minus arcuati et ascendentes. - Perla, W. V. 



b. Palpi plus arcuati et ascendentes. - Perloides, Guen. 



