326 CATALOGUE OF 



Antennae filiformes. Thorax squamosus. Abdomen conicum, apice 

 acutum, alas posticas superans, oviductu producto terebriformi. 

 Ala3 densa?, sericeae. 

 Metaponia, p. Herr.-Schaff. 

 Anthophilodes, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 181. 



Female. Body rather stout. Front prominent, bidentate. 

 Palpi slightly ascending; first and second joints with large flattened 

 imbricated scales; third incumbent, cylindrical, truncated, very 

 distinct. Maxillary palpi conical, acute, parallel to the labial 

 palpi. Antennas filiform. Thorax squamous. Abdomen very 

 conical, with an acute tip, extending considerably beyond the hind 

 wings. Oviduct prominent, terebriform. Wings stout, silky. 



1. Anthophilodes lepidalis. 



Foam. Pallide rosea ; alee anticce basi fasciisgue Jimbriaque 

 duabus sulphureo-albis, fascia la postice subdilatata roseo 

 obscuro margin ata, 2a angusta abbreviata submarginali ; pos- 

 ticce cinerece, litura roseo-alba. 



Metaponia lepida, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schm. ii. 387, f. 554. 

 Anthophilodes lepidalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 182, 108. 



Amasieh. 



Genus 7. ENNYCHIA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis valida, longiuscula. Palpi 

 porrecti, hirsuti, articulus 3us conicus, b re vis. Palpi maxillares 

 indistincti. Antennae validae, nudae, longiusculse. Abdomen alas 

 posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes validi, pilosi, calcaribus 

 longissimis. Ala? sericeae, densae vestitae, non longae ; anticae apice 

 sub rotund a tae, margine exteriore subobliquo. Mas. — Abdomen 

 attenuatum, apice acutum. Fcem. — Abdomen cylindricum, apice 

 quadratum. 



Ennychia, Treit. Schm. vii. 195; Bup. Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 182; 



Steph. 

 Pyrausta, p. et Anania, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 351, 360. 

 Botys, p., Herr.-Schcejf. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis stout, rather long. Palpi 

 porrect, hirsute, not longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Maxillary palpi indistinct. Antennae stout, bare, rather long. 



