154 CATALOGUE OF 



A. Statura sat magna aut mediocris. Alee latiusculae; anticae ni- 



tentes, nonnunquam laete designate. 1. Gortynides, Dup. 



B. Alae longiusculae ; anticae strigatae, ligni colores. 



2. Xylophastdes, Guen. 



C. Abdomen cristatum. Antennae maris valde ciliatae. 



3. Episemides, Guen. 



D. Alae anticae apices versus obscuriores. - 4. Apamides, Guen. 



Subfam.l. GORTYNIDES. 



Gortynides, Duponch; Guen. Noct. i. 120. 



A. Antennse maris non pectinatae. 



A. Proboscis breviuscula. - - - L Gortyna, Ochs. 



B. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 



a. Pedes sat validi. 2. Hydiuecia, Guen. 



b. Pedes graciles. - - - - 4. Marthula, Walk. 



B. Antennas maris subpectinatee. - - 3. Nephelodes, Guen. 



Genus 1. GORTYNA. 



Corpus validum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi validi, pilosi, 

 ascendentes ; articulus 3us minutus, conicus. Thorax subcristatus. 

 Abdomen alas posticas plus trieute superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latse ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice angulatse, margine exteriore subobliquo 

 vix undulato. Mas. — Antennae crenulatae. Fcem. — Antennae sim- 

 plices. 



Gortyna, Ochs. Syst. Gloss. Schmett. Eur. iv. Treits. Boisd. Herr.- 



Schaff. Guenee, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 329 ; Noct. i. 120. 

 Ocbria, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 233. 

 Gortyna et Celsia, Steph. 

 Xanthia et Polia, Boisd. 



Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi stout, pilose, as- 

 cending nearly to the vertex ; third joint minute, conical. Thorax 

 slightly crested. Abdomen extending for more than one-third of its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in 

 front, angular at the tips, slightly oblique and hardly undulating 

 along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae crenulated, or minutely 

 ciliated. Female. — Antennae simple. 



