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Fam. 9. ENDROMIDAE. 



Statura robusta. Proboscis non conspicua. Antennae capitis 

 latitudine multo longiores. Frenulum nullum. Alae anticae aliter 

 venosae, necnon majores ac posteriores, vena marginis interioris 

 unica, la basim versus furcata ; posticae venis 4a et 5a basi ap- 

 proximatae. Mas. — Antennae pectinatae. Fcem. — Alata. Antennae 

 subpectinatae. 



Endromides, Boisd. Gen. Eur. Lep. 74. Herr.-Schceff. 

 Endromites, Blanch. 



Notodontidae Endromidi, Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 44. 

 Endromidae, Duponch. Cat. Lep. 79. 



Genus 1. ENDROMTS. 



Corpus orassum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi brevissimi. 

 Antennas tborace longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles; libias posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus 

 minimis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae subacuminatae, apud cos- 

 tam subrectae, margine exteriore recto satobliquo. Mas. — Antennae 

 mediocriter pectinatae. Fcem. — Antenna? subpectinatae. 



Endromis, Ochs. Sckmett. von Fur. iii. 15. Steph. LIL Brit. Ent. 



Han st. ii. 33. Herr.-Schceff. 

 Phalaena-Bombvx, p., Linn. ; Gmel. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv. ; Schr.; lllig.; Hubn. ; Panz. ; 



Borkh ; Haw ; God. ; Sodoff. 

 Sericaria, Latr. 

 Dorvillia, Leach. 



Tbis genus is very nearly allied to Fades, and tbe Endromidae 

 should probably be reunited to the Saiurniidce. 



Body thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very short, not ex- 

 tending so far as the head. Antennae rather longer than the tho- 

 rax. Abdomen extending about as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender; femora thickly pilose ; hind tibiae with two very 

 minute apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 slightly acuminated, almost straight along the costa ; exterior bor- 

 der straight, rather oblique ; discal areolet intersected by two vein- 

 lets which are united towards the base; first and second inferior 

 veins united at the base; third much further from the fourth than 



