﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1121 



Some of the families which compose this tribe have very little 

 affinity to each other, but are more allied to families of the preceding 

 and succeeding tribes. 



A. Statura saepissime mediocris. Antennae ssepissime mediocres aut 



breves. 



A. Palporum articuli distincti. Alae posticse disco aut basi albae 



aut diaphanae aut minus squamosae. 



A. Thorax aut abdomen cristis distinctis. 



Fam. 1. Catephid^, Guen, 



B. Thorax et abdomen cristis nullis. Fam. 2. Bolinid^, Guen, 



B, Palpi crassi, exlensi, articulis indistinctis. Ala posticue 

 flavae, margine nigro. - Fam. 3. Hypocalid.e, Guen. 



B. Statura saepissime magna. Antennae longae. Abdomen laeve, 



basi magis pilosum. 



A, Palpi sat graciles ; articulus 3us mediocris, non spatulatus. 



Alae subtusfasciis distinclissimis ; poslicae bene determinatae. 

 laele coloratae. - - Fam. 4. Catqcalid^., Boisd, 



B. Palpi robusti ; articulus 3us longus, spatulatus. Pedes spi- 



nosi. Alae anticae acutae. - Fam. 5. OpHiDERiOiE, Guen. 



Fam. 1. CATEPHID^. 



Statura mediocris, nonnunquara magna. Fasciculus frontis 

 prominens. Proboscis robusta, mediocris. Palpi ascendentes, 

 breves ; articulus 3us distinctus. Antennae filiformes, maris non- 

 njinquam pubescentes. Thorax valde cristatus. Abdomen plus 

 minusve cristatum aut dense pilosum. Pedes breves, plus minusve 

 pilosi. Alae validae, squamosae, dentatae aut subdentatae, ciliis longis 

 squamosis ; posticae disco aut basi pallidiores aut minus squamosae. 



Catephidag, Guen, Noct, iii. 40. 



Size moderate, rarely large. Tuft of the front prominent. 

 Proboscis robust, of moderate length. Palpi short, ascending; 

 third joint quite distinct. Antennae filiform, occasionally pubescent 

 in the male. Thorax much crested. Abdomen more or less crested 

 or thickly pilose above. Legs short, more or less pilose. Wings 

 stout, squamose, dent^ or slightly dentate, with long squamosa 

 ciliae. Hind wings paler or less squamose in the disk or at the 

 base. 



