﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1045 



A. Thorax rotundatus aut subrotundatus. 



A, Palpi articulo 3o longo. - - 1. Ph^eocyma, Hiibn, 



B. Palpi articulo 3o brevi aut raediocri. 6. Anthracia, Hubn. 



B. Thorax quadraius. 



A. Antennae non crenulatae. - - - 2. Alamis, Guen. 



B, Antennae crenulatae. 



A. Palpi articulo 3o acuto. - - - 3. Xylis, Guen, 



B. Palpi articulo 3o obtuso. 



a. Palpi articulo 3o longiore. 



i. Antennae longae. - - 4. Homoptera, Boisd, 

 ii. Antennae breviusculae. - - 7. Dcgaria, Walk, 

 h. Palpi articulo 3o breviore. 



i. Abdomen cristatum. - - - 5. Ypsia, Guen. 

 ii. Abdomen non cristatum. - 8. Cortyta, Walk. 



Genus 1. PH^OCYMA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Caput parvum. Palpi erecti, sat gra- 

 ciles ; articulus 3us longus, linearis, obtusus. Antennae longae. 

 Thorax rotundatus. Abdomen glabrum, subdepressum, subcarina- 

 tum, subcristatum, acutum, alas posticas triente superans. Alae 

 concolores, denticulatae ; anticae apice acutae, maculis distinctis. 

 Mas, — Antennae crenulatae, ciliis brevissimis. Fcem, — Oculi mi- 

 nimi, approximati. 



Phaeocyma, Hiibn, Verz. SchnetL 275 ; Guen. Noct. iii. 2. 



Body hardly stout. Head small. Palpi vertical, rather slen- 

 der; third joint long, linear, obtuse. Antennae long. Thorax glo- 

 bose. Abdomen smooth, acute, slightly depressed, slightly keeled, 

 slightly crested, extending for one-third of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings alike in colour, denticulate. Fore wings acute 

 at the tips, slightly denticulate along the exterior border, with the 

 usual spots distinct. Male. — Antennae crenulate, with very short 

 ciliae. Female. — Eyes approximate, very small. 



1. Ph^ocyma lunifera. 



Ferrugineo'fusca ; alee anticce ocello medio strigisque variis trans- 

 versis pallidioribus, fasciaque lata ante media pallida cinerea; 

 posticcB bifasciatcB. 



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