﻿1012 CATALOGUE OF 



Amphipyricles, Guen, Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr, vi. 222; viii. 107; 



Boisd, ; Dup, 

 Ampbipyridae, Guen, JSoct. ii. 408. 



Body robust. Head rarely tufted. Proboscis rather long, or 

 of moderate length. Palpi stout, ascending ; third joint generally 

 rather lon^. AntennaB simple, more than half the length of the 

 body. Thorax rarely crested. Abdomen occasionally crested. 

 Legs generally long; spurs most often long. Wings broad, or 

 raiher narrow ; the exterior border more or less denticulated. 



A. Abdomen cristatum. 



A, Thorax non crista tus. 



A. Abdomen alas posticas superans. - 1. Baeydta, Guen. 



B. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. - 5. Mormo, Ochs, 



B. Thorax cristatus. - - - - 4. NiENiA, Steph. 



B. Abdomen non cristatum. 



A. Palporum articulus 3us brevis. - 2. Syntomopus, Guen. 



B. Palporum articulus 3us sat longus. 3. Amphipyea, Guen, 



Genus 1. BAEYDIA. 



Corpus crassum. Proboscis valida, longiuscula. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, erecti ; articulus 2us crassus, villosus ; 3us validus, linearis, 

 squamosus, apice truncatus, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae 

 ciliato-crenulalse, corporis dimidio longiores. Thorax lanoso-squa- 

 mosus, dense vestitus. Abdomen depressum, alas posticas triente 

 snperans, basi cristatum. Pedes breves, robusti, villosi. Alae den- 

 ticulatse, vix latae ; anticse crassas apud costam vix convexae, apice 

 subangulatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Barydia, Guen. Noct. ii. 409. 



Body very thick. Proboscis stout, rather long. Palpi vertical ; 

 second joint thick, villose ; third stout, linear, squamose, truncated 

 at the tip, about half the length of the second. Antennae crenulate, 

 with short ciliae, more than half the length of the body. Thorax 

 lanose, squamose, thickly clothed. Abdomen depressed, crested at 

 the base, extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 win^s. Legs short, stout, villose. Wings denticulate along the 

 exterior border, not broad. Fore wings stout, hardly convex along 

 the costa, slightly angular at the tips, very slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



