LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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a. Palpi labiales tantum conspicui. 



Fam. 6. Spilomelid^:, Guen. 



b. Palpi quatuor conspicui, rostrum fingentes. Penicillum 



anale saepe discolor. - Fam. 7. Margarodim, Guen. 



. Alae lineis ordiuariis. Penicillum anale concolor aut 



nullum. - Fam. Botyid2E, Guen. 



Fam. 1. HERCYNID.E. 



Corpus robustum, plus minusve villosum. Caput parvum. 

 Vertex saepe perangustus. Ocelli duo conspicui, magni. Proboscis 

 distincta. Palpi breves, recti aut vix arcuati, hirsuti aut squamosi. 

 Palpi maxillares saepe conspicui. Antennae cylindrical, filiformes, 

 nunquam peetinatae. Thorax rotundatus. Abdomen crassum. Alae 

 integrae, rotundatae, densae, plus minusve pulverulentae. 



Hercynidae, Dup. Cat. 195; Guen. Delt.et Pyral. 147. 



Body stout. Head small. Vertex often very narrow. Ocelli 

 two, large, conspicuous, near the antennae. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi short, straight or hardly curved, hirsute or squamous. Max- 

 illary palpi often very distinct. Antennae cylindrical, filiform, 

 never pectinated. Thorax rounded. Abdomen thick. Wings 

 robust, entire, rounded, more or less pulverulent. 



A. Proboscis nulla. - 



B. Proboscis brevissima. - 



C. Proboscis conspicua. 



A. Palpi rostri formes. - 



B. Palpi non rostriformes. 



a. Palpi non hirsuti. 



b. Palpi hirsuti. 



a. Palpi articulo 3o non truncato. 

 i. Antennae robustae. 



ii. Antennas graciles. - 



b. Palpi articulo 3o truncato. 



2. Noctuomorpha, Guen- 

 - 4. Hercyna, Treit- 



5. Boreophila, Guen. 



- 3. Heltothela, Guen. 



1. Threnodes, Dup. 



6. Orenaia, Dup. 



7. Aporodes, Guen. 



2 C 3 



