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Genus 14. CISSUSA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi breves. Antennae simplices, corpo- 

 ris dimidio paullo longiores. Alae latiusculae ; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo vix convexo ; 

 posticae abdomen paullo superantes. 



Body rather slender. Palpi short. Antennae simple, a little 

 more than half the length of the body. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 moderately oblique, hardly convex. Hind wings extending a little 

 beyond the abdomen. 



1. Cissusa Spadix. 



Nigro-fusca ; abdomen ferruginosum ; alee anticce guitis duabus 

 subapicalibus nigris, fasciis quatuor rufescentibus, 3a abbre- 

 viata, 4a marginali ; posticce cinerece. 



Phalaena-Noctua Spadix, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 149, pi. 275, f. F. 



Virginia. 



Fam. 3. APAMIDJ3. 



Proboscis distiucta. Palpi distincti, ascendentes. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae non spinosae. Alae anticae obscure, deflexae. 



Noctuidae, p., Boisd. 

 Had en id ae, p., Boisd. 

 Orthosidae, p., Boisd. 



Size small, or moderate. Proboscis short, or hardly long. 

 Palpi often of two colours, not long ; second joint pilose. Antennae 

 crenulated or ciliated. Thorax robust, often crested. Legs stout ; 

 tibiae not spinose. Fore wings oblong, rather thick, with distinct 

 markings. 



Apamidae, Guen. Noct. i. 119. 



Xylinidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 500. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep.Sl. 

 Apamidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 237. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 84. 

 Hadenidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 201. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 91. 



