﻿994 CATALOGUE OF 



Eriocera mitrula, Guen. Nod. ii. 402, 1269. 

 America? 



Genus 5. HYPSOEOPHA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Caput fasciculo antice acuto porrecto. 

 Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi compressi, validi, pilosi, sub- 

 ascendentes ; caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 

 pubescens, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae corporis diinidio longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes sat graciles; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus vix longis. Alse latiusculae ; anticae apud costam 

 vix convexse, apice subharaatae, margine exteriore subconvexo sub- 

 obliquo. Mas. — Antennae subserratae aut subciliatae. 



Hypsoropha, Huhn. Verz. Schmett. 249. 

 Monogona, Guen. Noct. ii. 402. 



Body ratber slender. Head with an acute porrect tuft in front. 

 Proboscis moderately long. Palpi compressed, stout, pilose, ex- 

 tending far beyond the head, very slightly ascending; third joint 

 lanceolate, pubescent, more than half the length of the second, and 

 hardly distinguishable from it. Antennae more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, 

 somewhat hooked at the tips, slightly convex and slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae slightly serrated or 

 minutely ciliated. 



This and the two following genera are nearly allied to the 

 Pyralites. 



1. Hypsoeopha monilis. 



Cervina^ subtus pallida ; abdomen subtestaceum ; alee anlicce fascia 

 brevi obliqua postica e maculis quatuor albis, punctis exteriori- 

 bus albidis ; posticce testacece, margine subcervino. 



Hypsoropha monilis, Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. f. 23, 24. 



