174 PEE10LISTA. 



4'. Posterior wings of the $ not bordered ; sheath of the $ at the 

 apex needle-like or rounded. 5. 



5. Claws simple ; cheek appendages approximately of the length of 



the second antennal joint. Pareophora, g. n. 



5'. Claws at the base with a (often very small) tooth ; cheek appen- 

 dage either only half the length of the second antennal joint, 

 or even shorter. 6. 



6. Posterior wings with closed discoidal cellule. 7. 

 6'. Posterior wings without closed discoidal cellule. 12. 



7. Third antennal joint at least one-third longer than the fourth ; 



antennae short and rather thick ; sheath at the apex thorn-like, 

 produced. Ardis, g. n. 



7'. Third antennal joint only as long as the fourth ; antennae slender 

 and thin, almost filiform ; sheath at the apex rounded. 



Rhadinocersea, g. n. 



8. Third antennal joint shorter than the fourth. Phymatocera, Dbm. 

 8'. Third antennal joint longer than the fourth. 9. 



9. Cubitus in the anterior wings not or very slightly angled, usually 



with four cubital cellules. 10. 



9'. Cubitus at the commencement very strongly angled, and almost a 



right, at the apex a rounded angle forming; the first two cubital 



cellules united. 14. 



10. The presternum of the mesosternum separated by a distinct 



suture. Tomostethus, g. n. 



10'. Mesosternum without presternum. 11. 



11. Posterior wings without closed discoidal cellule, the third cubital 



nervure in a similar direction with the transverse radial, and is 



usually continuous with it. 12. 



11'. Posterior wings with closed discoidal cellule. 13. 



12. The front ocellus lies on the under half of a line which touches 



the upper border of both eyes. Blennocampa, Htg. 



12'. The front ocellus lies over this line. Entodecta, g. n. 



13. Posterior wings with a closed discoidal cellule, and with transverse 



median nervure. Monophadnus, Htg. 



13'. Posterior wings with two closed discoidal cellules and without 



transverse median nervure. Pseudodineura, Knw. 



14. Anal cellule in the hind wings absent ; the humeral nervure in 



the fore- wings distinct, and bends against the brachial nervure, 

 so that the lanceolate cellule appears widely contracted. 



Kaliosysphinga, Tischb. 



14'. Anal cellule in the hind wings closed ; the humeral nervure in the 



fore-wings absent or is straight. 15. 



15. Antennae 9- or rarely 10-jointed. Fenusa, Leach. 

 15'. Antennae 11 — 14-jointed. Fenella, West. 



Peeiclista. 



Konow, D. E. Z., 1886, i, 86. 



Body ovate ; eyes oblong, remote from the base of 

 the mandibles ; antennae moderate, filiform, the third 

 joint longer than the fourth, presternum of meso- 



